Mark 8:34

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Mark 8:34

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Summary

And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Called

Mark 7:14

Luke 9:23

Luke 20:45

Whosoever

Take

Follow

General references

Matthew 10:38

Luke 20:45

Bible References

Called

And when he had called all the people to him, he said to them, Hearken to me every one of you, and understand.

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 in the audience of all the people, he said to his disciples,

Whosoever

And if thy hand causeth thee to fall into sin, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

And if thy right eye shall cause thee to sin, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in by it.

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

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

And whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Wherefore, if food maketh my brother to fall into sin, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to fall into sin.

For though I am free from all men, yet I have made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more.

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

Teaching us, that denying ungodliness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and piously, in this present world;

Take

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

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

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they constrained to bear his cross.

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

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

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if we suffer with him, that we may be glorified together.

For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.

I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless, I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts.

But may it never be that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death;

Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; lewdness, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

For we hear that there are some who walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busy-bodies.

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful to death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Follow

But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land into which he went; and his seed shall possess it.

And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes;

If any man cometh to me, and hateth not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Now when Jesus heard these things, he said to him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

Simon Peter said to him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterward.

This he spoke, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith to him, Follow me.

Let us go forth therefore to him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shown me.

By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

General references

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

Then in the audience of all the people, he said to his disciples,