And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

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.

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any {man} will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Confirming the souls of the disciples, {and} exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. {offended: he relapseth, or, falleth into sin}

And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called {the place} of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. {believed: or, trusted}

And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any {man} will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not {through} the way of the land of the Philistines, although that {was} near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called {the place} of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear {it} after Jesus.

But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.