5 Bible Verses about Carrying The Cross

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

And he, bearing his cross, went out to a place called the Place of the Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.

Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to carry his cross.

Then they compelled a certain man, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was coming out of the country and passing by, to carry his cross.

And a great multitude of the people followed him, and women who also mourned and lamented him.