Luke 14:27
Good News Translation
Those who do not carry their own cross and come after me cannot be my disciples.

New Revised Standard Version
Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

Contemporary English Version
You cannot be my disciple unless you carry your own cross and follow me.

New American Bible
Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And whosoever doth not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

doth.

Luke 9:23-25 And he said to all: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. . . .

Matthew 10:38 And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.

Matthew 16:24-26 Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. . . .

Mark 8:34-37 And calling the multitude together with his disciples, he said to them: If any man will follow me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. . . .

Mark 10:21 And Jesus, looking on him, loved him and said to him: One thing is wanting unto thee. Go, sell whatsoever thou hast and give to the poor: and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.

Mark 15:21 And they forced one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and of Rufus, to take up his cross.

John 19:17 And bearing his own cross, he went forth to the place which is called Calvary, but in Hebrew Golgotha.

2 Timothy 3:12 And all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

cannot.

Matthew 13:21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but is only for a time: and when there ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is presently scandalized.

Acts 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to continue in the faith: and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

2 Timothy 1:12 For which cause, I also suffer these things: but I am not ashamed. For I know whom I have believed and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him, against that day.

Context
The Cost of Discipleship
26If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27And whosoever doth not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28For which of you, having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it:…
Cross References
Matthew 10:38
And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.

Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Mark 8:34
And calling the multitude together with his disciples, he said to them: If any man will follow me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Luke 9:23
And he said to all: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Luke 14:28
For which of you, having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it:

John 19:17
And bearing his own cross, he went forth to the place which is called Calvary, but in Hebrew Golgotha.

Luke 14:26
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