And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
Matthew 16:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to be My disciple, let him deny himself [disregard, lose sight of, and forget himself and his own interests] and take up his cross and follow Me [cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying, also]. American Standard Version (1901) Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Common English Bible Then Jesus said to his disciples, “All who want to come after me must sayno to themselves, take up their cross, and follow me. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Jesus said to his disciples: "If anyone is willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. |
And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
As they were going out, they found a Cyrenian man named Simon. They forced him to carry his cross.
Looking at him, Jesus loved him and said to him, ‘You lack one thing: Go, sell all you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’
They forced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus’s cross. He was Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus.
Calling the crowd along with his disciples, he said to them, ‘If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
As they led him away, they seized Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.
Carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called Place of the Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
He said this to indicate by what kind of death Peter would glorify God. After saying this, he told him, ‘Follow me.’
‘If I want him to remain until I come,’ Jesus answered, ‘what is that to you? As for you, follow me.’
strengthening the disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, ‘It is necessary to go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.’
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for his body, that is, the church.
so that no one will be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.
In fact, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.