Mark 8:34 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁴ He called the crowd with his disciples and said to them, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ And Jesus called [to Him] the throng with His disciples and said to them, If anyone intends to come after Me, let him deny himself [forget, ignore, disown, and lose sight of himself and his own interests] and take up his cross, and [joining Me as a disciple and siding with My party] follow with Me [continually, cleaving steadfastly to Me].

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

³⁴ After calling the crowd together with his disciples, Jesus said to them, “All who want to come after me must say no to themselves, take up their cross, and follow me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ And calling together the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone chooses to follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁴ And calling the multitude together with his disciples, he said to them: If any man will follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Mark 8:34 Cross References

1 Kings 14:8

and tore the kingdom away from the house of David to give it to you, yet you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me with all his heart, doing only that which was right in my sight,

Numbers 14:24

But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me wholeheartedly, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.

Matthew 10:38

and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

Matthew 27:32

As they went out, they came upon a man from Cyrene named Simon; they compelled this man to carry his cross.

Mark 10:21

Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

Mark 7:14

Then he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand:

Luke 13:24

“Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

Luke 14:33

So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one thing lacking. Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

Luke 20:45

In the hearing of all the people he said to the disciples,

Luke 9:23

Then he said to them all, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.

John 10:27

My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.

John 19:17

and carrying the cross by himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

Acts 14:22

There they strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”

Romans 6:6

We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, so we might no longer be enslaved to sin.

Romans 8:17

and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if we in fact suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

1 Corinthians 15:31

I die every day! That is as certain, brothers and sisters, as my boasting of you—a boast that I make in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 8:13

Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never again eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall.

1 Corinthians 9:19

For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might gain all the more.

Galatians 2:20

and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Galatians 5:24

And those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Galatians 6:14

May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world.

Philippians 3:10

I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death,

Philippians 3:7

Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ.

Colossians 1:24

I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.

Colossians 3:5

Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).

2 Thessalonians 3:11

For we hear that some of you are living irresponsibly, mere busybodies, not doing any work.

Titus 2:12

training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly,

Hebrews 13:13

Let us then go to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.

1 Peter 4:1

Since, therefore, Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same intention (for whoever has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin),

1 Peter 4:13

But rejoice insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, so that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.

2 Peter 1:14

since I know that my death will come soon, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

1 John 3:16

We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.

Revelation 2:10

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Beware, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have affliction. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.