⁶² Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”

²⁶ “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.^(A)

³² “Whoever acknowledges me before others,^(A) I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. ³³ But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.^(B)

³⁴ “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. ³⁵ For I have come to turn

³⁷ “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.^{(E) 38} Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.^{(F) 39} Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.^(G)