Mark 8:34
And he called the people and his disciples to him and said to them, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself, and take his cross and follow me.
Matthew 10:38
and no one who will not take up his cross and follow me is worthy of me.
Luke 14:26-27
"If anyone comes to me without hating his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and his very life too, he cannot be a disciple of mine.
John 10:27
My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them and they follow me,
Matthew 7:13-14
"Go in at the narrow gate. For the road that leads to destruction is broad and spacious, and there are many who go in by it.
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself and take his cross and follow me.
Mark 9:43-48
If your hand makes you fall, cut it off. You might better enter upon life maimed, than go with both your hands to the pit, into the fire that cannot be put out.
Galatians 5:24
Those who belong to Jesus the Christ have crucified the physical nature with its propensities and cravings.
1 John 3:16
We know what love means from the fact that he laid down his life for us; so we also ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
Matthew 5:29-30
But if your right eye makes you fall, tear it out and throw it away, for you might better lose one part of your body than have it all thrown into the pit!
Matthew 27:32
As they went out of the city they came upon a Cyrenian named Simon, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.
Mark 10:21
And Jesus looked at him and loved him, and he said to him, "There is one thing that you lack. Go, sell all you have, and give the money to the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."
Luke 9:23
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.
Luke 13:24
"You must strain every nerve to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you many will try to get in, and will not succeed,
Luke 14:33
In just that way, no one of you who does not say goodbye to all he has can be a disciple of mine.
Luke 18:22
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is one thing that you still lack. Sell all that you have, and divide the money among the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."
Luke 20:45
While all the people were listening, he said to his disciples,
John 13:36-37
Simon Peter said to him, "Master, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "I am going where you cannot follow me now, but you will follow me later."
John 19:17
and he went out carrying the cross by himself to a spot called the Place of the Skull, or in Hebrew, Golgotha.
John 21:19-20
He said this to show the kind of death by which Peter was to honor God; and after he had said it he said to Peter, "Follow me!"
Acts 14:22
reassuring the disciples and encouraging them to stand by the faith and reminding them that we have to undergo many hardships to get into the Kingdom of God.
Romans 6:6
for we know that our old self was crucified with him, to do away with our sinful body, so that we might not be enslaved to sin any longer,
Romans 8:17
and if children, heirs also; heirs of God, and fellow-heirs with Christ, if we really share his sufferings in order to share his glory too.
Romans 15:1-3
It is the duty of us who are strong to put up with the weaknesses of those who are immature, and not just suit ourselves.
1 Corinthians 4:9-13
For it seems to me, God has exhibited us apostles at the very end of the procession, like the men condemned to die in the arena. For we have become a spectacle to the whole universe, angels as well as men.
1 Corinthians 8:13
Therefore, if what I eat makes my brother fall, I will never eat meat again, rather than make my brother fall.
1 Corinthians 9:19
Though I am free from anyone's control, I have made myself everyone's slave, so as to win over all the more.
1 Corinthians 15:31
By the very pride I take in you, brothers, through our union with Christ Jesus our Lord, I face death every day.
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me. The life I am now living in the body I am living by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 6:14
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.
Philippians 3:7
But for the sake of Christ I have come to count my former gains as loss.
Philippians 3:10
I want to know him in the power of resurrection, and to share his sufferings and even his death,
Colossians 1:24
At present I am glad to be suffering in your interest, and I am making up in my own person what is lacking in Christ's sufferings for the church, which is his body.
Colossians 3:5
So treat as dead your physical nature, as far as immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed are concerned; for it is really idolatry.
2 Thessalonians 3:11
For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work.
Titus 2:12
training us to renounce godless ways and worldly passions, and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world,
Hebrews 13:13
Let us, therefore, go out to him, outside the camp, sharing the contempt that he endured,
1 Peter 4:1
Since Christ therefore has suffered in our physical nature, you must also arm yourselves with the same resolve. For he who suffers in his physical nature has done with sin,
1 Peter 4:13
but be glad that you are in a measure sharing the sufferings of the Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may be triumphantly happy.
2 Peter 1:14
for I know that I must soon put it away, as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.
Revelation 2:10
Do not be afraid of what you are going to suffer. See! The devil is going to put some of you into prison to be tested there, and for ten days to endure persecution. Prove faithful even unto death and I will give you the crown of life.
Mark 7:14
He called the people to him again and said to them, "Listen to me, all of you, and understand this.