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Luke 14:26 said:
· "If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.

What does this really mean here?
 

HiredGoon

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I think Matthew 10:37 says the same thing in a clearer manner:

"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."

Gill's commentary on Luke 14:26:

 
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I kind of agree with HiredGoon, that might it. As I read further: Luke 14:33 "In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple." I'm not sure if "hate" was the original word used in the original document and might have been changed during translation, this would have to be researched. However I think the meaning might have been "to give up". The disciples gave up their family, friends, and life to follow Christ. If your not willing to do that then you cannot be a disciple, this is what I think the teaching is trying to convay.
 
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