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)

²⁴ Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh^(A) with its passions and desires.^(B)

¹⁴ May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,^(A) through which^[a] the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.^(B)

³⁸ Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.^{(A) 39} Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.^(B)

The Way of the Cross

³⁴ Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.^{(A) 35} For whoever wants to save their life^[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.^(B)

²⁷ And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.^(A)

³³ In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.^(A)