Luke 14:27

New International Version

And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

Cross References

Matthew 10:38

Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

Matthew 13:21

But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

Mark 10:21

Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Mark 15:21

A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.

Luke 14:28

“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?

John 19:17

Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).

Acts 14:22

strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

2 Timothy 1:12

That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.

2 Timothy 3:12

In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,