Take Up Your Cross

23 Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to follow after[a] me, let him deny himself,(A) take up his cross daily,[b] and follow me.(B) 24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it.(C) 25 For what does it benefit someone if he gains the whole world, and yet loses or forfeits himself?(D) 26 For whoever is ashamed of me and my words,(E) the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory(F) and that of the Father and the holy angels.(G) 27 Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death(H) until they see the kingdom of God.”(I)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:23 Lit come after
  2. 9:23 Other mss omit daily

23 Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me. 24 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it. 25 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but are yourself lost or destroyed? 26 If anyone is ashamed of me and my message, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in his glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels. 27 I tell you the truth, some standing here right now will not die before they see the Kingdom of God.”

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