Matthew 10:38 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And he who does not take up his cross and follow Me [cleave steadfastly to Me, conforming wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying also] is not worthy of Me.

American Standard Version (1901)

And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

Common English Bible

Those who don’t pick up their crosses and follow me aren’t worthy of me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And whoever does not take up his cross, and follow me is not worthy of me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.

Matthew 10:38 Cross References

Matthew 16:24

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Matthew 27:32

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

Mark 10:21

And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

Mark 8:34

And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Luke 14:27

Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

John 19:17

They took Jesus therefore: and he went out, bearing the cross for himself, unto the place called The place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha: