He that loveth father or mother, &c.— See Deuteronomy 33:9 to which our Saviour manifestly alludes. "He who preferreth the friendship of his nearest relations, though the sweetest of all earthly satisfactions, to my religion; renouncing it, that he may enjoy their goodwill; is not worthy of being my disciple; does not deserve to be called a Christian." Our Lord told them this with peculiar propriety, after having declared that their bitterest foes should be the members of their own families. Beausobre and Lenfant, and Macknight. See also the Reflections for a farther improvement of the subject.
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Matthew 10:37
37 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.