Matthew 16:24

Taking Up One's Cross To Follow Jesus

²³ But He turned and said to Peter, "Get out of my way, you Satan! You are a hindrance to me, for this view of yours is not from God but from men." ²⁴ Then Jesus said to His disciples: "If anyone wants to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put his cross on his shoulders, and keep on following me. ²⁵ For whoever wants to save his higher life will have to give up the lower life, and whoever gives up his lower life for my sake will find the higher life.

Bear His Cross

Come After Me

Deny Himself

Follow Me

Jesus Said

Take Up His Cross

Put Aside

Jesus

No

Matthew 10:38

and nobody is worthy of me who does not take up his cross and follow me.

Luke 14:27

Whoever does not persevere in carrying his own cross and thus following after me, cannot be a disciple of mine.

Matthew 27:32

As they were going out of the city, they found a Cyrenian named Simon, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.

Mark 8:34

Then He called the people to Him along with His disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to be my disciple, he must say, 'No' to self, put the cross on his shoulders, and keep on following me.

Mark 10:21

Then Jesus looked at him and loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing. Go, sell everything you have, and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back and follow me."

Luke 9:23-27

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.

Luke 23:26

Now as they led Him away, they seized a man named Simon, from Cyrene, as he was coming in from the country, and put the cross on his shoulders, for him to carry as he walked behind Jesus.

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.

Acts 14:22

strengthening the hearts of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, and warning them that it is through enduring many hardships that we must get into the kingdom of God.

Colossians 1:24

I am now glad to be suffering for you, and in my own person I am filling in what is lacking in Christ's sufferings for His body, that is, the church.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

so that none of you might be deceived amid these difficulties. For you knew yourselves that this is our appointed lot,

2 Timothy 3:12

Yes, indeed, everyone who wants to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Hebrews 11:24-26

By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as a son of Pharaoh's daughter,

1 Peter 4:1-2

So then, since Christ has suffered in our physical form, you too must arm yourselves with the same determination. For whoever suffers in his physical form has done with sin,

Mark 15:21

They forced a certain passer-by, who was coming in from the country, to carry His cross -- Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus.