Mark 8:35

Taking Up One's Cross To Follow Jesus

³⁴ And having called in the multitude with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wants to follow behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ³⁵ For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life because of me and the good-news, this man will save it. ³⁶ For what will it profit a man if he should gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

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 finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life because of me will find it.

Luke 17:33

Whoever will seek to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose it will keep it alive.

1 Corinthians 9:23

And I do this for sake of the good-news, so that I might become a fellow participant of it.

2 Timothy 1:8

Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord nor of me his prisoner, but suffer together with the good-news according to the power of God.

Esther 4:11-16

All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, know, that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except th

Jeremiah 26:20-24

And there was also a man who prophesied in the name of LORD, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim. And he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.

Matthew 5:10-12

Blessed are those who have been persecuted because of righteousness, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.

Matthew 10:22

And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.

Matthew 16:25

For whoever wants save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

Matthew 19:29

And every man who has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of my name, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life.

Luke 6:22-23

Blessed are ye, when men will hate you, and when they will exclude you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, because of the Son of man.

Luke 9:24

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever may lose his life because of me, this man will save it.

John 12:25-26

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

John 15:20-21

Remember the word that I said to you, A bondman is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

Acts 9:16

For I will give him a glimpse of how many things it is necessary for him to suffer for my name.

Acts 20:24

But I make nothing of the matter, nor do I hold my life precious to myself, so as to fully complete my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly testify the good-news of the grace of God.

Acts 21:13

And Paul answered, What are ye doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I fare ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

2 Corinthians 12:10

Therefore I am pleased in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in restrictions, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Timothy 2:11-13

Faithful is the saying, For if we die together, we will also live together.

2 Timothy 4:6-8

For I am already poured out a libation, and the time of my dissolution is imminent.

Hebrews 11:35

Women took hold of their dead from a resurrection, but others were tortured, not having accepted deliverance, so that they might experience a superior resurrection.

1 Peter 4:12-16

Beloved, ye should not be surprised at the fieriness in you, which occurs for a trial to you, like a strange thing happening to you.

Revelation 2:10

Fear none of the things that thou are going to suffer. Behold, the devil is indeed going to cast some of you into prison, so that ye may be tried, and ye will have tribulation ten days. Become thou faithful until death, and I will

Revelation 7:14

And I said to him, My lord, thou know. And he said to me, These are those coming out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 12:11

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony. And they loved not their life to the point of death.