Matthew 16:24-28 - Taking Up One's Cross To Follow Jesus
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If any one desires to follow me, let him renounce self and take up his cross, and so be my follower. 25 For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake shall find it. 26 Why, what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give to buy back his life? 27 For the Son of Man is soon to come in the glory of the Father with His angels, and then will He requite every man according to his actions. 28 I solemnly tell you that some of those who are standing here will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom."
34 Then calling to Him the crowd and also His disciples, He said to them, "If any one is desirous of following me, let him ignore self and take up his cross, and so be my follower. 35 For whoever is bent on securing his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, will secure it. 36 Why, what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? 37 For what could a man give to buy back his life? 38 Every one, however, who has been ashamed of me and of my teachings in this faithless and sinful age, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in His Father's glory with the holy angels."
1 He went on to say, "In solemn truth I tell you that some of those who are standing here will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Kingdom of God already come in power."
23 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. 24 For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake shall save it. 25 Why, what benefit is it to a man to have gained the whole world, but to have lost or forfeited his own self. 26 For whoever shall have been ashamed of me and my teachings, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own and the Father's glory and in that of the holy angels. 27 I tell you truly that there are some of those who stand here who will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Kingdom of God."