Matthew 10:38

New Living Translation

If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine.

Cross References

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.

Matthew 27:32

Along the way, they came across a man named Simon, who was from Cyrene, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross.

Mark 10:21

Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine love for him. “There is still one thing you haven’t done,” he told him. “Go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Mark 8:34

Then, calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.

Luke 14:27

And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple.

John 19:17

Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, Golgotha).