⁵ So he went and did according to the word of the Lord; he went and lived by the Wadi Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

¹⁴ You are my friends if you do what I command you.^(A)

The Cross and Self-Denial

²⁴ Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.^(A)

⁹ At that place he came to a cave and spent the night there.

Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”