Mark 8:34

New Century Version

Then Jesus called the crowd to him, along with his followers. He said, “If people want to follow me, they must give up the things they want. They must be willing even to give up their lives to follow me.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:8

I tore the kingdom away from David’s family, and I gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who always obeyed my commands and followed me with all his heart. He did only what I said was right.

Numbers 14:24

But my servant Caleb thinks differently and follows me completely. So I will bring him into the land he has already seen, and his children will own that land.

Matthew 10:38

Whoever is not willing to carry the cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to his followers, “If people want to follow me, they must give up the things they want. They must be willing even to give up their lives to follow me.

Matthew 27:32

As the soldiers were going out of the city with Jesus, they forced a man from Cyrene, named Simon, to carry the cross for Jesus.

Mark 10:21

Jesus, looking at the man, loved him and said, “There is one more thing you need to do. Go and sell everything you have, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.”

Mark 7:14

After Jesus called the crowd to him again, he said, “Every person should listen to me and understand what I am saying.

Luke 13:24

“Try hard to enter through the narrow door, because many people will try to enter there, but they will not be able.

Luke 14:33

In the same way, you must give up everything you have to be my follower.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one more thing you need to do. Sell everything you have and give it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.”

Luke 20:45

While all the people were listening, Jesus said to his followers,

Luke 9:23

Jesus said to all of them, “If people want to follow me, they must give up the things they want. They must be willing to give up their lives daily to follow me.

John 10:27

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

John 19:17

Carrying his own cross, Jesus went out to a place called The Place of the Skull, which in the Hebrew language is called Golgotha.

Acts 14:22

making the followers of Jesus stronger and helping them stay in the faith. They said, “We must suffer many things to enter God’s kingdom.”

Romans 6:6

We know that our old life died with Christ on the cross so that our sinful selves would have no power over us and we would not be slaves to sin.

Romans 8:17

If we are God’s children, we will receive blessings from God together with Christ. But we must suffer as Christ suffered so that we will have glory as Christ has glory.

1 Corinthians 15:31

I die every day. That is true, brothers and sisters, just as it is true that I brag about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 8:13

So if the food I eat causes them to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again so that I will not cause any of them to sin.

1 Corinthians 9:19

I am free and belong to no one. But I make myself a slave to all people to win as many as I can.

Galatians 2:20

I was put to death on the cross with Christ, and I do not live anymore—it is Christ who lives in me. I still live in my body, but I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself to save me.

Galatians 5:24

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their own sinful selves. They have given up their old selfish feelings and the evil things they wanted to do.

Galatians 6:14

I hope I will never brag about things like that. The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ is my only reason for bragging. Through the cross of Jesus my world was crucified, and I died to the world.

Philippians 3:10

I want to know Christ and the power that raised him from the dead. I want to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death.

Philippians 3:7

Those things were important to me, but now I think they are worth nothing because of Christ.

Colossians 1:24

I am happy in my sufferings for you. There are things that Christ must still suffer through his body, the church. I am accepting, in my body, my part of these things that must be suffered.

Colossians 3:5

So put all evil things out of your life: sexual sinning, doing evil, letting evil thoughts control you, wanting things that are evil, and greed. This is really serving a false god.

2 Thessalonians 3:11

We hear that some people in your group refuse to work. They do nothing but busy themselves in other people’s lives.

Titus 2:12

It teaches us not to live against God nor to do the evil things the world wants to do. Instead, that grace teaches us to live in the present age in a wise and right way and in a way that shows we serve God.

Hebrews 13:13

So let us go to Jesus outside the camp, holding on as he did when we are abused.

1 Peter 4:1

Since Christ suffered while he was in his body, strengthen yourselves with the same way of thinking Christ had. The person who has suffered in the body is finished with sin.

1 Peter 4:13

But be happy that you are sharing in Christ’s sufferings so that you will be happy and full of joy when Christ comes again in glory.

2 Peter 1:14

I know I must soon leave this body, as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.

1 John 3:16

This is how we know what real love is: Jesus gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for our brothers and sisters.

Revelation 2:10

Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer for ten days. But be faithful, even if you have to die, and I will give you the crown of life.