Matthew 16:24-26

New American Standard Bible 1995

Discipleship Is Costly

²⁴ Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and ^(A)take up his cross and follow Me. ²⁵ For ^(B)whoever wishes to save his ^[a]life will lose it; but whoever loses his ^[b]life for My sake will find it. ²⁶ For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?