Does Jesus Really Want Me to Hate My Family?

Investigating the hard words of Luke 14:26

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What would you think if you picked up a Bible with no awareness of the Christian faith and read the following verse,

If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:26, NAB)