Luke 9:23

And he said to [them] all, If any one will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

In Context

22saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

24for whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, *he* shall save it.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:38And he who does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

Mark 8:34And having called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.

John 12:25He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.

1 Corinthians 15:30Why do *we* also endanger ourselves every hour?

2 Timothy 3:12And all indeed who desire to live piously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Matthew Henry on Luke 9:19-28

Peter's Enlightened Testimony;Self-Denial Enjoined. 18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? 19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. 20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. 21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing; 22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer… Read the whole commentary →

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