Deu 33:9, 1Ki 19:20, Ecc 9:10, Mat 10:37-38, Luk 14:18-20, 26 | ESV | STEP | who said of his father and mother , I regard them not ; he disowned his brothers and ignored his children . For they observed your word and kept your covenant .

Deuteronomy 33:9

9 who said of his father and mother,
‘I regard them not’;
^ahe disowned his brothers
and ignored his children.
For ^bthey observed your word
and kept your covenant.

1 Kings 19:20

20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, ^c“Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”

Ecclesiastes 9:10

10 Whatever your hand finds to do, ^ddo it with your might, ^{▼▼Or finds to do with your might, do it} ^ffor there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Matthew 10:37-38

37 ^gWhoever 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. 38 And ^hwhoever does not take his cross and ⁱfollow me is not worthy of me.

Luke 14:18-20

18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’ 19 And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’ 20 And another said, ^j‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’

Luke 14:26

26 ^k“If anyone comes to me and ^ldoes not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, ^myes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.