New Living Translation
Luke 14:26
26“If you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone else—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you 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 none of those I first invited will get even the smallest taste of my banquet.’” 25A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them, “If you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone else—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. 27And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple. 28“But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Ifεἰei · ifG1487
- anyτιςtis · oneG5100
- comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- hateμισέωmiseō · to hateG3404
- notοὐou · noG3756
- hisἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
- fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
- motherμήτηρmētēr · motherG3384
- wifeγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135
- childrenτέκνονteknon · childG5043
- brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
- sistersἀδελφήadelphē · sisterG79
- yeaἔτιeti · stillG2089
- andδέde · thenG1161
- lifeψυχήpsuchē · soul: lifeG5590
- he cannotδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
- beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- discipleμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
Cross-references for Luke 14:26
- Deuteronomy 13:6“Suppose someone secretly entices you—even your brother, your son or daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend—and says, ‘Let us go worship other gods’—gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known.
- Deuteronomy 33:9The Levites obeyed your word and guarded your covenant. They were more loyal to you than to their own parents. They ignored their relatives and did not acknowledge their own children.
- Psalms 73:25Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth.
- Matthew 10:37“If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine.
- Philippians 3:8Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ
- Genesis 29:30So Jacob slept with Rachel, too, and he loved her much more than Leah. He then stayed and worked for Laban the additional seven years.
- Deuteronomy 21:15“Suppose a man has two wives, but he loves one and not the other, and both have given him sons. And suppose the firstborn son is the son of the wife he does not love.
- Job 7:15I would rather be strangled— rather die than suffer like this.
- Ecclesiastes 2:17So I came to hate life because everything done here under the sun is so troubling. Everything is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
- Malachi 1:2“I have always loved you,” says the Lord. But you retort, “Really? How have you loved us?” And the Lord replies, “This is how I showed my love for you: I loved your ancestor Jacob,
- John 12:25Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity.
- Romans 9:13In the words of the Scriptures, “I loved Jacob, but I rejected Esau.”
- Acts 20:24But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.
- Revelation 12:11And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.
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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