Luke 14:27

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

Cross References

Matthew 10:38

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

Matthew 13:21

yet such a person has no root but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away.

Mark 10:21

Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

Mark 15:21

They compelled a passer-by, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross; it was Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus.

Luke 14:28

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it?

John 19:17

and carrying the cross by himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

Acts 14:22

There they strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”

2 Timothy 1:12

and for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.

2 Timothy 3:12

Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.