Luke 14:27

The English Standar Version

Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Cross References

Matthew 10:38

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

Mark 10:21

And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

2 Timothy 3:12

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

Acts 14:22

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

Matthew 13:21

yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.[2]

2 Timothy 1:12

which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.[3]

John 19:17

and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called the place of a skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.

Mark 15:21

And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

Luke 14:28

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