Were Not Worthy

(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

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.

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

• Church

For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

• Servant

And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

• Fire
• Humility

John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:

• Daughter-in-law
• Feared
• Power

The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. read more And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 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. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. show less

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: