Luke 14:27

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Whoever does not bear his own cross   and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Cross References

Matthew 10:38

And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

Mark 10:21

Looking at him, Jesus loved him  and said to him, ‘You lack one thing: Go, sell all you have and give to the poor,   and you will have treasure   in heaven.   Then come,   follow me.’

2 Timothy 3:12

In fact, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Acts 14:22

strengthening the  disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith  and by telling them, ‘It is necessary to go through many hardships  to enter the kingdom of God.’

Matthew 13:21

But he has no root and is short-lived. When distress or persecution   comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

2 Timothy 1:12

and that is why I suffer  these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me  , until that day.

John 19:17

Carrying  the cross by himself,  he went out to what is called Place of the Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.

Mark 15:21

They  forced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus’s cross.  He was Simon of Cyrene,  the father of Alexander and Rufus.

Luke 14:28

‘For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost   to see if he has enough to complete it?