Luke 14:26 If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters – yes, even their own life – such a person cannot be my disciple.
Don’t think of these words as meaning “love a little less” instead of “hate” because that detracts from the true meaning of these words.
Christ is talking to the masses here and using these words to tell people one of the biggest obstacles to loving God is the so-called love some of us think of to do with families...
God wants us to love everyone, including friends and families, but to love them with Christian love and not family feud style “love!”