ach. 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23; 14:27
bch. 9:9; John 8:12; 12:26; 21:19
c[2 Tim. 2:12, 13]
dSee ch. 10:38, 39
e[See ver. 24 above]
g[Luke 12:20]
h[Ps. 49:7, 8]
i[2 Tim. 2:12, 13]
jSee Matt. 10:38, 39
k[See ver. 34 above]
mch. 10:29; [1 Cor. 9:23; 2 Tim. 1:8; Philem. 13]
n[Luke 12:20]
o[Ps. 49:7, 8]
pver. 27; Luke 22:61; John 1:42; [ch. 3:5]
q[John 11:5; 13:23]
rLuke 12:33; [Luke 16:9; 19:8; Acts 2:45; 4:34, 35; 1 Tim. 6:18, 19]
sMatt. 6:19, 20
tMatt. 27:32; Luke 23:26; [John 19:17]
u[2 Tim. 2:12, 13]
vSee Matt. 10:38, 39
w1 Cor. 15:31
x[See ver. 23 above]
y[ch. 12:20]
zMatt. 27:33; Mark 15:22; Luke 23:33
aaLuke 14:27; [Matt. 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 23:26]

Matthew 10:38

38And awhoever does not take his cross and bfollow me is not worthy of me.

Matthew 16:24-26

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

24Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him cdeny himself and dtake up his cross and follow me. 25For ewhoever would save his life ▼
▼The same Greek word can mean either soul or  life, depending on the context; twice in this verse and twice in verse 26
 will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26For gwhat will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or hwhat shall a man give in return for his soul?

Mark 8:34-37

34And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him ideny himself and jtake up his cross and follow me. 35For kwhoever would save his life ▼
▼The same Greek word can mean either soul or  life, depending on the context; twice in this verse and once in verse 36 and once in verse 37
 will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake mand the gospel’s will save it. 36 nFor what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? 37For owhat can a man give in return for his soul?

Mark 10:21

21And Jesus, plooking at him, qloved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, rsell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have streasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Mark 15:21

The Crucifixion

21 tAnd 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 9:23-25

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

23And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him udeny himself and vtake up his cross wdaily and follow me. 24For xwhoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. 25 yFor what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

John 19:17

17and zhe went out, aabearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
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