Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

And He was saying to them all, If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

Then He said to them all, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

International Standard Version

Then he told all of them, "If anyone wants to come with me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross every day, and follow me continuously,

A Conservative Version

And he said to all, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

American Standard Version

And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Amplified

And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple], he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and take up his cross daily [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me].

An Understandable Version

Then He said to everyone, "If anyone wants to be my follower, he should deny self [i.e., of always having its own way] and accept his cross [i.e., his responsibilities, with all their difficulties] everyday, and [then he can] become my follower.

Anderson New Testament

And he said to them all: If any one determines to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and fol low me.

Bible in Basic English

And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross every day, and come after me.

Common New Testament

Then he said to them all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Daniel Mace New Testament

Then he said to the whole company, if any one will be my follower, let him renounce himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Darby Translation

And he said to them all, If any one will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me;

Godbey New Testament

And He spoke to all, If any one wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Goodspeed New Testament

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.

John Wesley New Testament

And he said to all, if any man be willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Julia Smith Translation

And he said to all, If any one wish to come after me, let him deny himself, and lift up his cross daily and let him follow me.

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he said to [them] all, "If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.

Modern King James verseion

And He said to all, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he said to them all, "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross on him daily, and follow me.

Moffatt New Testament

He said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross day after day, and so follow me;

Montgomery New Testament

And he said to all. "If any man wills to follow me, Let him renounce self and take up his cross daily and follow me.

NET Bible

Then he said to them all, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

New Heart English Bible

He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Noyes New Testament

And he said to all, If any one chooseth to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Sawyer New Testament

And he said to all, If any one wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

The Emphasized Bible

And he was saying, unto all - If any one intendeth after me to come, Let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, - and be following me.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And he said unto them, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Twentieth Century New Testament

And to all present he said: "If any man wishes to walk in my steps, let him renounce self, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Webster

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.

Weymouth New Testament

And He said to all, "If any one is desirous of following me, let him ignore self and take up his cross day by day, and so be my follower.

Williams New Testament

Then He said to them all, "If anyone chooses to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put the cross on his shoulders daily, and continue to follow me.

World English Bible

He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

Worrell New Testament

And He said to all, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

Worsley New Testament

And He said unto them all, if any one is willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me:

Youngs Literal Translation

And he said unto all, 'If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

he said
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

to
πρός 
Pros 
unto, to, with, for, against, among, at, not tr, , vr to
Usage: 412

πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704

If
εἰ 
Ei 
if, whether, that, not tr,
Usage: 218

any
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 373

man will
θέλω ἐθέλω 
thelo 
will/would, will/would have, desire, desirous, list, to will,
Usage: 136

ἔρχομαι 
Erchomai 
come, go, , vr come
Usage: 424

ὄπίσω 
Opiso 
Usage: 20

me
μοῦ 
Mou 
my, me, mine, I, mine own
Usage: 313

ἀπαρνέομαι 
Aparneomai 
Usage: 3

ἑαυτοῦ 
heautou 
Usage: 249

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

take up
αἴρω 
Airo 
take up, take away, take, away with, lift up, bear,
Usage: 52

his

Usage: 0

σταυρός 
Stauros 
Usage: 22

ἡμέρα 
hemera 
day, daily 9, time, not tr,
Usage: 287

ἀκολουθέω 
Akoloutheo 
Usage: 67

Devotionals

Devotionals about Luke 9:23

Devotionals containing Luke 9:23

Prayers for Luke 9:23

Context Readings

Taking Up One's Cross To Follow Jesus

22 saying, The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day.” 23 And He was saying to them all, If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. 24 For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.


Cross References

Matthew 10:38-39

And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

Mark 8:34-38

And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.

Luke 14:26-27

If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.

John 12:25-26

He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal.

Romans 8:13

for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Colossians 3:5

Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.

Titus 2:12

instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,

Matthew 16:22-25

Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You.”

1 Corinthians 15:30-31

Why are we also in danger every hour?

2 Timothy 3:12

Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

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