Matthew 10:37 Meaning and Explanation
“He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.”
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What Does Matthew 10:37 Mean?
After speaking of division within families, Jesus names the loyalty that must come first. Whoever loves father or mother, son or daughter, more than him is not worthy of him. He claims a place in the heart above even the dearest natural bonds.
Only One who is truly God could rightly ask to be loved above father and child. This is not a call to love family less but to love Christ most, so that every other love finds its proper place beneath him. Such ordered devotion does not diminish family affection but purifies it. To be worthy of Christ is to give him the throne of the heart, from which all other loves are rightly served.
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What does Matthew 10:37 mean?
Whoever loves father, mother, son, or daughter more than Jesus is not worthy of him.