Mark 8:34

New English Translation

Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:8

I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve.

Numbers 14:24

Only my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit and has followed me fully – I will bring him into the land where he had gone, and his descendants will possess it.

Matthew 10:38

And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

Matthew 27:32

As they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.

Mark 10:21

As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, “You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Mark 7:14

Then he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand.

Luke 13:24

“Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

Luke 14:33

In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Luke 20:45

As all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples,

Luke 9:23

Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

John 10:27

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

John 19:17

and carrying his own cross he went out to the place called “The Place of the Skull” (called in Aramaic Golgotha).

Acts 14:22

They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.”

Romans 6:6

We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

Romans 8:17

And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) – if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.

1 Corinthians 15:31

Every day I am in danger of death! This is as sure as my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 8:13

For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

1 Corinthians 9:19

For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Galatians 5:24

Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Galatians 6:14

But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Philippians 3:10

My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death,

Philippians 3:7

But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ.

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body – for the sake of his body, the church – what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.

Colossians 3:5

So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

2 Thessalonians 3:11

For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.

Titus 2:12

It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Hebrews 13:13

We must go out to him, then, outside the camp, bearing the abuse he experienced.

1 Peter 4:1

So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin,

1 Peter 4:13

But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad.

2 Peter 1:14

since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed, because our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me.

1 John 3:16

We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.

Revelation 2:10

Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.