Luke 9:23-24
New King James Version
Take Up the Cross and Follow Him(A)
23 (B)Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross [a]daily, and follow Me. 24 (C)For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
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- Luke 9:23 M omits daily
Galatians 5:24
New King James Version
24 And those who are Christ’s (A)have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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Galatians 6:14
New King James Version
14 But God forbid that I should boast except in the (A)cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by [a]whom the world has been crucified to me, and (B)I to the world.
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- Galatians 6:14 Or which, the cross
Matthew 10:38-39
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38 (A)And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 39 (B)He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
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Matthew 16:24-25
New King James Version
Take Up the Cross and Follow Him(A)
24 (B)Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and (C)follow Me. 25 For (D)whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
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