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Luke 14:27
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Luke 14:27
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.(A)
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Matthew 10:38
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Matthew 10:38
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
38 and whoever does not take up his cross[a] and follow after me is not worthy of me.
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- 10:38 The first mention of the cross in Matthew, explicitly that of the disciple, but implicitly that of Jesus (and follow after me). Crucifixion was a form of capital punishment used by the Romans for offenders who were not Roman citizens.
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