Matthew 16:24-28 - Taking Up One's Cross To Follow Jesus

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me. ²⁵ Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him. ²⁶ For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life? ²⁷ For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he will give to every man the reward of his works. ²⁸ Truly I say to you, There are some of those here who will not have a taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

³⁴ And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me. ³⁵ Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it. ³⁶ What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? ³⁷ And what would a man give in exchange for his life? ³⁸ Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

¹ And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.

²³ 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. ²⁴ For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it. ²⁵ For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself? ²⁶ For if any man has a feeling of shame because of me or of my words, the Son of man will have shame because of him when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. ²⁷ But truly I say to you, Some of those who are here now will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God.