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Deny Yourself, Take Up Your Cross, And Follow Me. Some Here Will See Me In My Kingdom

24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, let him deny[a] himself, and take up his cross[b], and be following Me. 25 For whoever wants to save[c] his life[d] will lose it. But whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what will a person be profited if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his life[e]? Or what will a person give in-exchange-for his life?

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:24 That is, disown and refuse to follow the impulses of self.
  2. Matthew 16:24 That is, the instrument of his or her death to self.
  3. Matthew 16:25 That is, by avoiding his cross, and refusing to deny himself.
  4. Matthew 16:25 That is, life in an earthly sense.
  5. Matthew 16:26 That is, life in an eternal sense.

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