“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.” (Bible — Matthew 10:37)
“There is a great deal of difference between daya, compassion, and maya, attachment. Daya is good, but not maya. Maya is love for one’s relatives-one’s wife, children, brother, sister, nephew, father, and mother. But daya is the same love for all created beings without any distinction. … Through compassion one serves all beings. Maya also comes from God. Through maya God makes one serve one’s relatives. But one thing should be remembered: maya keeps us in ignorance and entangles us in the world, whereas daya makes our hearts pure and gradually unties our bonds.”–Ramakrishna Paramahansa
Know Thyself 