Matthew 10:38

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me.”

— WEB

“And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.”

— KJV

“And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.”

— ASV

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Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Luke 14:27 "Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple."
Mark 8:34 "He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take …"
Matthew 16:24 "Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me."
Luke 9:23-24 "He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross,TR, NU add “daily” and follow me."
John 19:17 "He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called “The Place of a Skull”, which is called in Hebrew, “Golgotha”,"
Mark 10:21 "Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have…"
Matthew 27:32 "As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross."

Commentary

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me--a saying which our Lord once and again emphatically reiterates (Mat 16:24; Luk 9:23; Luk 14:27). We have become so accustomed to this expression--"taking up one's cross"--in the sense of "being prepared for trials in general for Christ's sake," that we are apt to lose sight of its primary and proper sense here--"a preparedness to go forth even to crucifixion," as when our Lord had to bear His own cross on His way to Calvary--a saying the more remarkable as our Lord had not as yet given a hint that He would die this death, nor was crucifixion a Jewish mode of capital punishment.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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