Luke 14:27

Good News Translation

Those who do not carry their own cross and come after me cannot be my disciples.

Cross References

Matthew 10:38

Those who do not take up their cross and follow in my steps are not fit to be my disciples.

Matthew 13:21

But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once.

Mark 10:21

Jesus looked straight at him with love and said, “You need only one thing. Go and sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me.”

Mark 15:21

On the way they met a man named Simon, who was coming into the city from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross. (Simon was from Cyrene and was the father of Alexander and Rufus.)

Luke 14:28

If one of you is planning to build a tower, you sit down first and figure out what it will cost, to see if you have enough money to finish the job.

John 19:17

He went out, carrying his cross, and came to “The Place of the Skull,” as it is called. (In Hebrew it is called “Golgotha.”)

Acts 14:22

They strengthened the believers and encouraged them to remain true to the faith. “We must pass through many troubles to enter the Kingdom of God,” they taught.

2 Timothy 1:12

and it is for this reason that I suffer these things. But I am still full of confidence, because I know whom I have trusted, and I am sure that he is able to keep safe until that Day what he has entrusted to me.

2 Timothy 3:12

Everyone who wants to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted;