Matthew 10:38 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁸ and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

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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 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 8:34

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.

Luke 14:27

Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

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.