Matthew 16:24 Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Men think, "Oh! to be a Christian I have got to give up everything." Good heavens! Give up everything? Suppose that Newton, talking with a blubber-eating Nootka Sound Indian, should say, "Come with me to England as my servant, and I will educate you, and make an astronomer of you;" and suppose the Indian should say, "No, I will not; I am not going to give up this delicious blubber and this comfortable wigwam of mine." But what would he give up compared with that which he would inherit? And at every step in the Christian life we have treasures that are infinitely greater than those which we lose. We lose only such things as we are a great deal better without than with. (H. W. Beecher.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. |
    |