Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
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- Matthew 10:38 He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me isn’t worthy of me.
- Luke 14:27 Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross and come after me, can’t be my disciple.
- 1 Peter 4:1–2 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.