Luke 14:26 meaning and explanation
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
Luke 14:26, Berean Standard Bible
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Jesus is speaking to the large crowds traveling with Him, and He states plainly what following Him costs. The word "hate" translates the Greek miseo, and in this Semitic idiom it means to love far less by comparison, not to feel hostility.
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