Matthew 16:24

Good News Translation

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you want to come with me, you must forget yourself, carry your cross, and follow me.

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 27:32

As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene named Simon, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross.

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.)

Mark 8:34

Then Jesus called the crowd and his disciples to him. “If any of you want to come with me,” he told them, “you must forget yourself, carry your cross, and follow me.

Luke 14:27

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

Luke 23:26

The soldiers led Jesus away, and as they were going, they met a man from Cyrene named Simon who was coming into the city from the country. They seized him, put the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus.

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.”)

John 21:19

(In saying this, Jesus was indicating the way in which Peter would die and bring glory to God.) Then Jesus said to him, “Follow me!”

John 21:22

Jesus answered him, “If I want him to live until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!”

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.

Colossians 1:24

And now I am happy about my sufferings for you, for by means of my physical sufferings I am helping to complete what still remains of Christ's sufferings on behalf of his body, the church.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

so that none of you should turn back because of these persecutions. You yourselves know that such persecutions are part of God's will for us.

2 Timothy 3:12

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

1 Peter 2:21

It was to this that God called you, for Christ himself suffered for you and left you an example, so that you would follow in his steps.