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Luke 9:23-27
Contemporary English Version
Luke 9:23-27
Contemporary English Version
23 (A) Then Jesus said to all the people:
If any of you want to be my followers, you must forget about yourself. You must take up your cross every day and follow me. 24 (B) If you want to save your life,[a] you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me, you will save it. 25 What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself or waste your life? 26 If you are ashamed of me and my message, the Son of Man will be ashamed of you when he comes in his glory and in the glory of his Father and the holy angels. 27 You can be sure some of the people standing here will not die before they see God's kingdom.
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- 9.24 life: In verses 24,25 a Greek word which often means “soul” is translated “life” and “yourself.”
Luke 9:23-27
New International Version
Luke 9:23-27
New International Version
23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.(A) 24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.(B) 25 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self? 26 Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them(C) when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.(D)
27 “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
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