LUKE 14:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.”
If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters — yes, even their own life — such a person cannot be my disciple — the hate-family saying is the most demanding discipleship statement in Luke. Hate (misei) is the Semitic comparative: love less than, prioritize below. The family list is comprehensive — every primary human relationship. Even their own life: the self-inclusion makes the demand total.
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