And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple.

凡不背着自己十字架跟从我的，也不能作我的门徒。

凡不背着自己的十字架来跟从我的，也不能作我的门徒。

凡不背着自己的十字架来跟从我的，也不能作我的门徒。

若不背起自己的十字架跟从我，就不能做我的门徒。

凡不背着自己的十字架跟随我的，也不能作我的门徒。

凡是不背着自己的十字架来跟从我的，也不能做我的门徒。

凡不背着自己十字架跟從我的，也不能作我的門徒。

凡不背着自己的十字架來跟從我的，也不能作我的門徒。

凡不背着自己的十字架來跟從我的，也不能作我的門徒。

若不背起自己的十字架跟從我，就不能作我的門徒。

凡不背著自己的十字架跟隨我的，也不能作我的門徒。

凡不背着自己的十字架來跟着我的，不能做我的門徒。

凡是不背著自己的十字架來跟從我的，也不能做我的門徒。

不負己之十架而從我者、亦不得為我徒、

不任十字架從我者、亦不得為我徒、

不負其十字架而從我者、亦不得為我徒、

凡不負其十字架、以從予者、亦不得為吾徒。

And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

Whoever doesn’t carry their cross and follow me can’t be my disciple.

Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple.

If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine.

Then he said to the crowd,“ If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me.If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but are yourself lost or destroyed?

Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine love for him.“ There is still one thing you haven’t done,” he told him.“ Go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Then, calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said,“ If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it.And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?Is anything worth more than your soul?

Then Jesus said to his disciples,“ If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?

where they strengthened the believers. They encouraged them to continue in the faith, reminding them that we must suffer many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God.

Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

But since they don’t have deep roots, they don’t last long. They fall away as soon as they have problems or are persecuted for believing God’s word.

That is why I am suffering here in prison. But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until the day of his return.

Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull( in Hebrew, Golgotha).

A passerby named Simon, who was from Cyrene, was coming in from the countryside just then, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross.( Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus.)