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. (Luke 14:26 KJV)
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. (Luke 14:26 ASV)
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; (Luke 14:26 DBY)
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; (Luke 14:26 YLT)
If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple. (Luke 14:26 WEB)
Interlinear
If any <ei tis> man come <erchomai> to <pros> me, <me> and <kai> hate <miseo> not <ou> his <heautou> father, <pater> and <kai> mother, <meter> and <kai> wife, <gune> and <kai> children, <teknon> and <kai> brethren, <adelphos> and <kai> sisters, <adelphe> yea, <eti> and <de> his own <heautou> life <psuche> also, <kai> he cannot <ou> <dunamai> be <einai> my <mou> disciple. <mathetes> (Luke 14:26 KJV)
Albert Barnes’ Commentary
Verse 26. And hate not. The word hate, here, means simply to love less. See the meaning of the verse in See Barnes for Mt 10:37. It may be thus expressed:
“He that comes after me, and does not love his father less than he loves me, &c., cannot be my disciple.”
We are not at liberty literally to hate our parents. This would be expressly contrary to the fifth commandment. See also Eph 6:1-3; Col 3:20. But we are to love them less than we love Christ; we are to obey Christ rather than them; we are to be willing to forsake them if he calls us to go and preach his gospel; and we are to submit, without a murmur, to him when he takes them away from us. This is not an uncommon meaning of the word hate in the Scriptures. Comp. Mal 1:2,3; Ge 29:30,31; De 21:15-17.
{v} “and hate not his father” De 33:9; Mt 10:37
{w} “his own life” Ac 20:24; Re 12:11