11 translations · Greek
Luke 14:26
“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
Luke 14:26 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
- KJV King James Version
- If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- “If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be My disciple;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- “If you want to follow me but you don't hate your father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters—even your own life—you can't be my disciple.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;
- DBY Darby Translation
- If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- If any man cometh to me, and hateth not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Εἴ | Ei | If | G1487 εἰ if |
| τις | tis | anyone | G5100 τις one |
| ἔρχεται | erchetai | comes | G2064 ἔρχομαι to come/go |
| πρός | pros | to | G4314 πρός to/with |
| με | me | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| οὐ | ou | {does} not | G3756 οὐ no |
| μισεῖ | misei | hate | G3404 μισέω to hate |
| τὸν | ton | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πατέρα | patera | father | G3962 πατήρ father |
| ἑαυτοῦ | heautou | his | G1438 ἑαυτοῦ themself |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τὴν | tēn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| μητέρα | mētera | mother | G3384 μήτηρ mother |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τὴν | tēn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| γυναῖκα | gynaika | wife | G1135 γυνή woman |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τὰ | ta | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| τέκνα | tekna | children | G5043 τέκνον child |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τοὺς | tous | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀδελφοὺς | adelphous | brothers | G80 ἀδελφός brother |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τὰς | tas | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀδελφάς | adelphas | sisters | G79 ἀδελφή sister |
| ἔτι | eti | yes | G2089 ἔτι still |
| τε | te | — | G5037 τε and/both |
| καὶ | kai | even | G2532 καί and |
| τὴν | tēn | [own] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ψυχὴν | psychēn | life | G5590 ψυχή soul |
| ἑαυτοῦ | heautou | his | G1438 ἑαυτοῦ themself |
| οὐ | ou | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| δύναται | dynatai | he cannot | G1410 δύναμαι be able |
| εἶναί | einai | be | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| μου | mou | My | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| μαθητής | mathētēs | disciple | G3101 μαθητής disciple |
Related verses
- Matthew 10:37
He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.
- John 12:25
He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.
- Philippians 3:8
Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
- Acts 20:24
But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
- Psalm 73:25–26
Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Revelation 12:11
They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.
- Deuteronomy 13:6–8
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods,” which you have not known, you, nor your fathers; of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; you shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him;
- Deuteronomy 33:9
He said of his father, and of his mother, ‘I have not seen him.’ He didn’t acknowledge his brothers, nor did he know his own children; for they have observed your word, and keep your covenant.
- Ecclesiastes 2:17–19
So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind. I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me. Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
- Job 7:15–16
so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones. I loathe my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
24 For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.’”
25 Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
26 “If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
27 Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple.
28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
Read all of Luke 14 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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