Mark 8:35

Taking Up One's Cross To Follow Jesus

³⁴ Then calling to Him the crowd and also His disciples, He said to them, "If any one is desirous of following me, let him ignore self and take up his cross, and so be my follower. ³⁵ For whoever is bent on securing his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, will secure it. ³⁶ Why, what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

For My Sake

Good News

Kingdom of God

On Earth

Whoever Desires to Save

Whoever Loses His Life for My Sake

On Account Of Me

Save His Life

Whoever Loses His Life

Whoever Wants To Save

Whosoever Will Save

O God

Mark

Sin

Matthew 10:39

To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my sake is to save it.

Luke 17:33

Any man who makes it his object to keep his own life safe, will lose it; but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

1 Corinthians 9:23

And I do everything for the sake of the Good News, that I may share with my hearers in its benefits.

2 Timothy 1:8

Do not be ashamed then to bear witness for our Lord and for me His prisoner; but rather share suffering with me in the service of the Good News, strengthened by the power of God.

Matthew 5:10-12

"Blessed are those who have borne persecution in the cause of Righteousness, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens.

Matthew 10:22

And you will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name; but he who holds out to the End--he will be saved.

Matthew 16:25

For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake shall find it.

Matthew 19:29

And whoever has forsaken houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or children or lands, for my sake, shall receive many times as much and shall have as his inheritance the Life of the Ages.

Luke 6:22-23

"Blessed are you when men shall hate you and exclude you from their society and insult you, and spurn your very names as evil things, for the Son of Man's sake.

Luke 9:24

For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake shall save it.

John 12:25-26

He who holds his life dear, is destroying it; and he who makes his life of no account in this world shall keep it to the Life of the Ages.

John 15:20-21

Bear in mind what I said to you, 'A servant is not superior to his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

Acts 9:16

For I will let him know the great sufferings which he must pass through for My sake."

Acts 20:24

But even the sacrifice of my life I count as nothing, if only I may perfect my earthly course, and be faithful to the duty which the Lord Jesus has entrusted to me of proclaiming, as of supreme importance, the Good News of God's grace.

Acts 21:13

His reply was, "What can you mean by thus breaking my heart with your grief? Why, as for me, I am ready not only to go to Jerusalem and be put in chains, but even to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus."

2 Corinthians 12:10

In fact I take pleasure in infirmities, in the bearing of insults, in distress, in persecutions, in grievous difficulties--for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Timothy 2:11-13

Faithful is the saying: "If we died with Him, we shall also live with Him;

2 Timothy 4:6-8

I for my part am like a drink-offering which is already being poured out; and the time for my departure is now close at hand.

Hebrews 11:35

Women received back their dear ones alive from the dead; and others were put to death with torture, refusing the deliverance offered to them--that they might secure a better resurrection.

1 Peter 4:12-16

Dear friends, do not be surprised at finding that that scorching flame of persecution is raging among you to put you to the test--as though some surprising thing were accidentally happening to you.

Revelation 2:10

Dismiss your fears concerning all that you are about to suffer. I tell you that the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison that you may be put to the test, and for ten days you will have to endure persecution. Be faithful to the End, even if you have to die, and then I will give you the victor's Wreath of Life.

Revelation 7:14

"My lord, you know," I replied. "They are those," he said, "who have just passed through the great distress, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 12:11

But they have gained the victory over him because of the blood of the Lamb and of the testimony which they have borne, and because they held their lives cheap and did not shrink even from death.