and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.

And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes,

Then said Jesus to his disciples, 'If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

be going, then, on to the cross-ways, and as many as ye may find, call ye to the marriage-feasts.

And coming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: him they impressed that he might bear his cross;

and saying, 'Thou that art throwing down the sanctuary, and in three days building it, save thyself; if Son thou art of God, come down from the cross.'

'Others he saved; himself he is not able to save! If he be King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe him;