Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus
24Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him wdeny himself and xtake up his cross and follow me. 25For xwhoever would save his life7 will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26For ywhat will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or zwhat shall a man give in return for his soul? 27aFor the Son of Man is going to come with bhis angels in the glory of his Father, and cthen he will repay each person according to what he has done. 28Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not dtaste death euntil they see the Son of Man fcoming in his kingdom.”
Footnotes
- 7 16:25 The same Greek word can mean either soul or life, depending on the context; twice in this verse and twice in verse 26
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