Luke 9:23

And he said before all, Whoever willeth to come after me, must deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and come after me.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

22And he told them how it was to be (that) he the Son of man should suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and Sophree, and (that) they would kill him; and that on the third day he would arise.

24For whoever willeth to save his life, loseth it; but whoever (is willing) to lose his life, for my sake, he saveth it.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:38And every one who taketh not his cross and cometh after me, is not worthy of me.

Mark 8:34AND Jeshu called to the assemblies with his disciples, and said to them, Whoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and come after me.

John 12:25He who loveth his life shall lose it; and he who hateth his life in this world shall keep it to the life which is eternal.

1 Corinthians 15:30And why also every hour are we standing in peril?

2 Timothy 3:12But all they who will in the fear of Aloha to live in Jeshu Meshiha, are 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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