Matthew 10:37
10:37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Deuteronomy 33:9-10
33:9 He said to his father and mother, “I have not seen him,”
and he did not acknowledge his own brothers
or know his own children,
for they kept your word,
and guarded your covenant.
33:10 They will teach Jacob your ordinances
and Israel your law;
they will offer incense as a pleasant odor,
and a whole offering on your altar.
Mark 1:20
1:20 Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.
Luke 9:59-60
9:59 Jesus
said to another, “Follow me.” But he replied,
“Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
9:60 But Jesus
said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead,
but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
Luke 14:26
14:26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate
his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life,
he cannot be my disciple.
Luke 14:33
14:33 In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.
Luke 14:2
14:2 There
right
in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy.
Colossians 1:16
1:16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers – all things were created through him and for him.