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.

He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

Yea doubtless, and I count all things {but} loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them {but} dung, that I may win Christ,

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Whom have I in heaven {but thee}? and {there is} none upon earth {that} I desire beside thee.

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which {is} as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun {is} grievous unto me: for all {is} vanity and vexation of spirit.

So that my soul chooseth strangling, {and} death rather than my life. {life: Heb. bones}

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? {Was} not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, {both} the beloved and the hated; and {if} the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

And he said to {them} all, If any {man} will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

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.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.

So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset {us}, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air {have} nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay {his} head.

Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:

For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. {offended: he relapseth, or, falleth into sin}

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: {for us: some read, for you}

And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, {and} go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast {them} from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded {in my} habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

And when the LORD saw that Leah {was} hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel {was} barren.

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

In my Father's house are many mansions: if {it were} not {so}, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: {offend...: or, cause thee to offend}

And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.

And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.

Husbands, love {your} wives, and be not bitter against them.

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

And it shall come to pass, {that} when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.