Matthew 10:38 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁸ And the person who does not accept his cross [i.e., his responsibilities with all their difficulties] and become my follower does not deserve me.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ 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)

³⁸ And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

Common English Bible

³⁸ Those who don’t pick up their crosses and follow me aren’t worthy of me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ And whoever does not take up his cross, and follow me is not worthy of me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁸ 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 Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to be my follower, he should deny self [i.e., of always having its own way] and lift up his cross [of responsibility] and [then he can] become my follower.

Matthew 27:32

As they were leaving [i.e., probably the city of Jerusalem], they met a man from Cyrene [Note: This was a city in the northern African country of Libya]. His name was Simon and they forced him to go with them so he could carry Jesus’ cross [i.e., probably only the cross-beam portion].

Mark 10:21

And Jesus looked at him, and filled with love, said to him, “There is one thing you [still] lack. Go and sell your possessions and give [the money] to poor people; become my follower, then you will have treasure in heaven.”

Mark 8:34

And He called the crowd to Him, along with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wants to be my follower, he should deny himself [i.e., of always having his own way] and accept his cross [i.e., his responsibilities, with all their difficulties] and then he can become my follower.

Luke 14:27

[And] whoever does not carry his own cross [i.e., his responsibilities with all their difficulties] and follow me cannot be my disciple.

John 19:17

So, they took Jesus [away] and He went out [of the city] carrying the cross by Himself to a place called The Place of the Skull, [also] called Golgotha in the Hebrew language [and Calvary in Latin].