²⁰ And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.

^26 (A)“If anyone comes to me and ^(B)does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, ^(C)yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

²⁹ Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, ^(A)there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and ^(B)for the gospel,

^37 (A)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.

¹⁶ From now on, therefore, ^(A)we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.