Take Up the Cross and Follow Him^(A)

³⁴ When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, ^(B)“Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

^38 (A)And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

^26 (A)“If anyone comes to Me ^(B)and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, ^(C)yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. ²⁷ And ^(D)whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

⁸ and ^(A)tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you; and yet you have not been as My servant David, ^(B)who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only what was right in My eyes;

^27 (A)My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

²⁰ I have been ^(A)crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh ^(B)I live by faith in the Son of God, ^(C)who loved me and gave Himself for me.

²⁴ And those who are Christ’s ^(A)have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

The Outworking of Love

^16 (A)By this we know love, ^(B)because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

²⁴ But My servant ^(A)Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and ^(B)has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.

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.