Contradiction with Matthew 10:37
Place love for Christ above that of family, contradicting the emphasis on family love in Titus 2:4.
Matthew 10:37: 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.
Contradiction with Luke 14:26
Requires hating family to be a disciple, conflicting with the call to love family in Titus 2:4.
Luke 14:26: 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.
Contradiction with Matthew 19:29
Encourages leaving family for Christ, contrasting with the devotion to family in Titus 2:4.
Matthew 19:29: And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Contradiction with Luke 12:51-53
Introduces division within families, opposing unity and love in Titus 2:4.
Luke 12:51-53: Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 7:29
Suggests living as if not having families, conflicting with fostering family relationships in Titus 2:4.
1 Corinthians 7:29: But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;