Mark 8:35

Taking Up One's Cross To Follow Jesus

³⁴ And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, 'Whoever doth will to come after me -- let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me; ³⁵ for whoever may will to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake and for the good news' sake, he shall save it; ³⁶ for what shall it profit a man, if he may 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

'He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.

Luke 17:33

Whoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.

1 Corinthians 9:23

And this I do because of the good news, that a fellow-partaker of it I may become;

2 Timothy 1:8

therefore thou mayest not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but do thou suffer evil along with the good news according to the power of God,

Esther 4:11-16

All servants of the king, and people of the provinces of the king, do know that any man and woman, who cometh in unto the king, unto the inner court, who is not called -- one law of his is to put them to death, apart from him to whom the king holdeth out the golden sceptre, then he hath lived; and I -- I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.'

Jeremiah 26:20-24

'And also there hath been a man prophesying in the name of Jehovah, Urijah son of Shemaiah, of Kirjath-Jearim, and he prophesieth against this city, and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah,

Matthew 5:10-12

Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

Matthew 10:22

and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

Matthew 16:25

for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it,

Matthew 19:29

and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;

Luke 6:22-23

Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake --

Luke 9:24

for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it;

John 12:25-26

he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world -- to life age-during shall keep it;

John 15:20-21

'Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;

Acts 9:16

for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'

Acts 20:24

but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

Acts 21:13

and Paul answered, 'What do ye -- weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'

2 Corinthians 12:10

wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses -- for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;

2 Timothy 2:11-13

Stedfast is the word: For if we died together -- we also shall live together;

2 Timothy 4:6-8

for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release hath arrived;

Hebrews 11:35

Women received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,

1 Peter 4:12-16

Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,

Revelation 2:10

'Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.

Revelation 7:14

and I have said to him, 'Sir, thou hast known;' and he said to me, 'These are those who are coming out of the great tribulation, and they did wash their robes, and they made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb;

Revelation 12:11

and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life -- unto death;