45 Bible Verses about The Cross
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For there are many who live, as I have often told you, and tell you now with tears, like enemies of the cross of Christ.
Near Jesus' cross stood his mother and her sister Mary, the daughter of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.
For to those who are on the way to destruction, the story of the cross is nonsense, but to us who are to be saved, it means all the power of God.
For no one who does not take up his own cross and come after me can be a disciple of mine.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself and take his cross and follow me.
And when the captain who stood facing him saw how he expired he said, "This man was certainly a son of God!"
But I never want to boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, on which the world has been crucified to me and I have been to the world.
and he went out carrying the cross by himself to a spot called the Place of the Skull, or in Hebrew, Golgotha.
The God of our forefathers raised Jesus to life when you had hung him on a cross and killed him.
As they went out of the city they came upon a Cyrenian named Simon, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.
But you, by the fixed purpose and intention of God, handed him over to wicked men, and had him crucified.
But Jesus turned to them and said, "Women of Jerusalem, do not weep for me but weep for yourselves and for your children,
And he said to him, "I tell you, you will be in Paradise with me today!"
When he had assumed human form, he still further humbled himself and carried his obedience so far as to die, and to die upon the cross.
He carried the burden of our sins in his own body on the cross, in order that we might die to sin and live for uprightness. By his wounds you have been healed.
There were two robbers crucified with him at the time, one at his right and one at his left.
canceled the bond which stood against us, with its requirements, and put it out of our way when he nailed it to the cross.
And he said to everyone, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself, and take his cross day after day and follow me.
Even if he was crucified through weakness, by the power of God he is alive. For we are weak as he was, but you will find that by the power of God we will be alive as he is.
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news??ut not with fine language, or the cross of Christ might seem an empty thing.
There was a garden at the place where Jesus had been crucified, and in the garden was a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom!"
Pilate had written a placard and had it put on the cross; it read "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews."
And they forced a passer-by, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross??ne Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus.
It happened one day that he got into a boat with his disciples, and said to them, "Let us cross to the other side of the lake."
and through him to reconcile to God all things on earth or in heaven, making this peace through his blood shed on the cross.
So Jesus, seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, said to his mother, "There is your son!"
but one of the soldiers thrust a lance into his side, and blood and water immediately flowed out.
And they divided up his clothes among them by drawing lots for them,
Christ ransomed us from the Law's curse by taking our curse upon himself (for the Scripture says, "Cursed be anyone who is hung on a tree")
When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, "It is finished!" Then bowing his head he gave up his spirit.
God's love for us has been revealed in this way??hat God has sent his only Son into the world, to let us have life through him.
That same day when it was evening he said to them, "Let us cross to the other side."
These men who are trying to force you to let yourselves be circumcised want to present a good appearance externally, to save themselves from having to stand persecution for the cross of Jesus the Christ.
Those who belong to Jesus the Christ have crucified the physical nature with its propensities and cravings.
When they came to a place called Golgotha, which means the Place of the Skull,
As they led Jesus away, they seized a man named Simon, from Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and put the cross on his back, for him to carry behind Jesus.
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Matthew 16:24-26Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself and take his cross and follow me.