Berean Standard Bible
Luke 14:26
26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
Luke 14:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)“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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
Context of Luke 14:26
24For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’” 25Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple. 27And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple. 28Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?
Read all of Luke 14Luke 14:26 word by word
εἴ τις ἔρχεται πρός με καὶ οὐ μισεῖ τὸν πατέρα ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ τὰ τέκνα καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ τὰς ἀδελφάς, ἔτι τε καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἑαυτοῦ, οὐ δύναται εἶναί μου μαθητής.Read the interlinear
- Ifεἰei · ifG1487
- anyoneτιςtis · oneG5100
- comesἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
- Meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- does notοὐou · noG3756
- hateμισέωmiseō · to hateG3404
- hisἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
- motherμήτηρmētēr · motherG3384
- wifeγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135
- childrenτέκνονteknon · childG5043
- brothersἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
- sistersἀδελφήadelphē · sisterG79
- yesἔτιeti · stillG2089
- ·τεte · and/bothG5037
- lifeψυχήpsuchē · soul: lifeG5590
- he cannotδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
- beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- discipleμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
Cross-references for Luke 14:26
- Deuteronomy 13:6If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
- Deuteronomy 33:9He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
- Psalms 73:25Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
- Matthew 10:37Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
- Philippians 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
- Genesis 29:30Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
- Deuteronomy 21:15If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,
- Job 7:15so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
- Ecclesiastes 2:17So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Malachi 1:2“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
- John 12:25Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
- Romans 9:13So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
- Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
- Revelation 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
Commentaries on Luke 14:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26And hate not - Matthew, Matthew 10:37, expresses the true meaning of this word, when he says, He who loveth his father and mother More than me. In Matthew 6:24, he uses the word hate in the same sense. When we read, Romans 9:13, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated, the meaning is simply, I have loved Jacob - the Israelites, more than Esau - the Edomites; and that this is no arbitrary interpretation of the word hate, but one agreeable to the Hebrew…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25-27Verses 25-27 See notes on Matthew 10:37-38.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-35Verses 25-35 Though the disciples of Christ are not all crucified, yet they all bear their cross, and must bear it in the way of duty. Jesus bids them count upon it, and then consider of it. Our Saviour explains this by two similitudes; the former showing that we must consider the expenses of our religion; the latter, that we must consider the perils of it. Sit down and count the cost; consider it will cost the mortifying of sin, even the most beloved…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26If anyone comes to Me and does not hate … even his own life: Following Jesus requires complete dedication. For the Christian, love for family and one's own life must not compete with devotion to Christ.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-2726-27. If any man, &c.--(See on Mt 10:34-36, and Mr 8:34, 35).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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