Luk 14:26 | NETfull | STEP | “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 14:26

26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate ^{▼▼ This figurative use operates on a relative scale. God is to be loved more than family or self.} his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, ^{▼▼ Grk “his own soul,” but ψυχή (yucē) is frequently used of one’s physical life. It clearly has that meaning in this context.} he cannot be my disciple.