And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross.
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