Luke 9:23

And he said before all the people: He that would follow me, must deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and so come after me.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 said to them: The Son of man is to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the Elders and the chief priests and Scribes; and they will kill him; and on the third day, he will arise.

24For he that will preserve his life, shall lose it; but he that shall lose his life, for my sake, will preserve it.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:38and he that doth not bear his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

Mark 8:34And Jesus called the multitude, together 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 that loveth his life, will lose it; and he that hateth his life, in this world, will preserve it unto life everlasting.

1 Corinthians 15:30And why also do we stand every hour in peril?

2 Timothy 3:12And likewise all, who choose to live in the fear of God, in Jesus the Messiah, 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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