Mat 10:37, Luk 7:43, Joh 21:15-17, 2Cor 5:14, Gal 5:6, Eph 6:24, Phili 1:9 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

h[See ver. 15 above]

i[ch. 13:38]

jSee ch. 2:25

k ver. 16

l Acts 18:5

m Rom. 5:15

n ch. 6:15; 1 Cor. 7:19; Col. 3:11; See ch. 3:28

o[Eph. 6:23; 1 Thess. 1:3; James 2:18, 20, 22]

p[1 Cor. 16:22]

q 1 Thess. 3:12; 2 Thess. 1:3

r Col. 1:9; 3:10; Philem. 6

Matthew 10:37

37 ^aWhoever 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.

Luke 7:43

43 Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.”

John 21:15-17

Jesus and Peter

15 When they had ^bfinished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ^c“Simon, ^dson of John, ^edo you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed ^fmy lambs.” 16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, ^g“Tend ^hmy sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him ⁱthe third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, ^jyou know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed ^kmy sheep.

2 Corinthians 5:14

14 For the love of Christ ^lcontrols us, because we have concluded this: that ^mone has died for all, therefore all have died;

Galatians 5:6

6 For in Christ Jesus ⁿneither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but ^oonly faith working through love.

Ephesians 6:24

24 Grace be with all who ^plove our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.

Philippians 1:9

9 And it is my prayer that ^qyour love may abound more and more, ^rwith knowledge and all discernment,