Mat 16:24, Luk 24:26, Joh 12:25-26, Act 14:22, 2Cor 4:8-12, Phili 1:29 | ESV | STEP | Then Jesus told his disciples , If anyone would come after me , let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me .

p John 15:20; 16:33; 1 Thess. 3:3; 2 Tim. 3:12; [ch. 9:16; Mark 10:30; Luke 22:28, 29; Rom. 8:17; Phil. 1:20; 2 Thess. 1:5; 2 Tim. 2:12; 1 Pet. 5:10; Rev. 1:9]

q ch. 7:5; [Ps. 129:2]

r Heb. 13:5; [Deut. 4:31]

s Ps. 37:24; Prov. 24:16; Mic. 7:8

t ch. 6:9; 1 Cor. 4:9; 15:31; [ch. 1:5, 9; Rom. 6:5; 8:36]

u 2 Tim. 2:11; [Rom. 5:10; 6:8]

v[ch. 13:9]

wSee Matt. 5:12

x[See ver. 28 above]

Matthew 16:24

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him ^adeny himself and ^btake up his cross and follow me.

Luke 24:26

26 ^cWas it not necessary that ^dthe Christ should suffer these things and enter into ^ehis glory?”

John 12:25-26

25 ^fWhoever loves his life loses it, and ^gwhoever ^hhates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves me, he must ⁱfollow me; and ^jwhere I am, there will my servant be also. ^kIf anyone serves me, ^lthe Father will honor him.

Acts 14:22

22 ^mstrengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them ⁿto continue in ^othe faith, and saying that ^pthrough many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

2 Corinthians 4:8-12

8 We are ^qafflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but ^rnot forsaken; ^sstruck down, but not destroyed; 10 ^talways carrying in the body the death of Jesus, ^uso that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So ^vdeath is at work in us, but life in you.

Philippians 1:29

29 For ^wit has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also ^xsuffer for his sake,