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Matthew 16:24-26
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Matthew 16:24-26
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Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him (A)deny himself and (B)take up his cross and follow me. 25 For (C)whoever would save his life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For (D)what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or (E)what shall a man give in return for his soul?
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- Matthew 16:25 The same Greek word can mean either soul or life, depending on the context; twice in this verse and twice in verse 26
Matthew 16:24-26
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Matthew 16:24-26
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24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.(A) 25 For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.(B) 26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
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- Matthew 16:25 The Greek word means either life or soul; also in verse 26.
John 5:30
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John 5:30
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Witnesses to Jesus
30 (A)“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and (B)my judgment is just, because (C)I seek not my own will (D)but the will of him who sent me.
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John 5:30
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John 5:30
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30 By myself I can do nothing;(A) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,(B) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.(C)
John 4:34
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John 4:34
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34 Jesus said to them, (A)“My food is (B)to do the will of him who sent me and (C)to accomplish his work.
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John 4:34
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John 4:34
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Colossians 3:2
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Colossians 3:2
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2 (A)Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
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Colossians 3:2
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Colossians 3:2
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2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.(A)
Proverbs 3:9
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Proverbs 3:9
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9 Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with (A)the firstfruits of all your produce;
Proverbs 3:9
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Proverbs 3:9
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9 Honor the Lord with your wealth,
with the firstfruits(A) of all your crops;
Matthew 10:35-39
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Matthew 10:35-39
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35 (A)For I have come (B)to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 (C)And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. 37 (D)Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And (E)whoever does not take his cross and (F)follow me is not worthy of me. 39 (G)Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
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Matthew 10:35-39
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Matthew 10:35-39
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35 For I have come to turn
“‘a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law(A)—
36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’[a](B)
37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.(C) 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.(D) 39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.(E)
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- Matthew 10:36 Micah 7:6
Luke 14:26-33
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Luke 14:26-33
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26 (A)“If anyone comes to me and (B)does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, (C)yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 (D)Whoever does not (E)bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not (F)first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not (G)sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 33 (H)So therefore, any one of you who (I)does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
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Luke 14:26-33
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Luke 14:26-33
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26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.(A) 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.(B)
28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? 29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, 30 saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
31 “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. 33 In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.(C)
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