Luke 14:26

And hate not - Matthew, Matthew 10:37 , expresses the true meaning of this word, when he says, He who loveth his father and mother More than me. In Matthew 6:24 , he uses the word hate in the same sense. When we read, Romans 9:13 , Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated, the meaning is simply, I have loved Jacob - the Israelites, more than Esau - the Edomites; and that this is no arbitrary interpretation of the word hate, but one agreeable to the Hebrew idiom, appears from what is said on Genesis 29:30 , Genesis 29:31 , where Leah's being hated is explained by Rachel's being loved more than Leah. See also Deuteronomy 21:15-17 ; and Bishop Pearce on this place. See also the notes on Matthew 10:37 ; (note).