He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
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And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
Leviticus
LawAs I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
Genesis
LawAt the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielPilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
Mark
Gospels / MarkCast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
Revelation
ApocalypticO LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
Joel
Minor ProphetsIn weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulJohn bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
John
Gospels / JohnThe labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
Ruth
HistoryFor the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBlessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Matthew
GospelsAnd six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
Exodus
LawWith three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:
Ezra
History / EzraAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
2 Kings
HistoryThen Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBe still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.