Matthew 10:38

New International Version

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

Cross References

Luke 14:27

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

Mark 8:34

Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

John 19:17

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

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.”

Matthew 27:32

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