Matthew 10:38 - English Majority Text Version 2009

³⁸ And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of 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 desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

Matthew 27:32

And going out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. Him they pressed into service that he might carry His cross.

Mark 10:21

Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack: Go, sell all that you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me."

Mark 8:34

And having summoned the crowd together with His disciples, He said to them, "Whoever is willing to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

Luke 14:27

And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

John 19:17

And bearing His cross, He went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,