And when He had called all the multitude to Himself, He said to them, Hear Me, everyone, and understand:

Then He said to them all, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

Then, in the hearing of all the people, He said to His disciples,

If your hand makes you stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to Gehenna, into the fire that shall never be quenched;

And if your foot makes you stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame, rather than having two feet, to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that shall never be quenched;

And if your eye makes you stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into the fire of Gehenna;

And if your right eye snares you into sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, and not your whole body be cast into Gehenna.

And if your right hand snares you into sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, and not your whole body be cast into Gehenna.

Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many entering in through it.

Because narrow is the gate and distressing is the way which leads unto life, and there are few who find it.

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.

Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

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

So likewise, whoever of you does not bid farewell to all that he has is not able to be My disciple.

We then who are strong ought to bear with the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.

Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat flesh, so that I not make my brother stumble.

For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might gain the more;

But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss because of Christ.

teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live with sound mind, righteously, and godly in the present age,

Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.

And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. Him they compelled to bear His cross.

And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must enter the kingdom of God through many afflictions.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be nullified, that we should no longer serve sin.

and if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we became spectacles to all creation, both to angels and to men.

To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and wander homeless.

being defamed, we entreat. We have become as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.

I affirm, by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die throughout the day.

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

But may it never be that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,

I now rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of His body, which is the church,

Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: sexual perversion, uncleanness, passion, evil lusts, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies.

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has been released from sin,

but rejoice in so far as you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also rejoice with exceeding joy.

Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have affliction ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his seed shall possess it.

and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you; and yet you have not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments and who walked after Me with all his heart, to do only what was right in My eyes;

If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.

So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, You still lack one thing. Sell everything that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow Me.

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

Simon Peter said to Him, Lord, where are You going? Jesus answered him, Where I am going you are not able to follow Me now, but you shall follow Me afterward.

Peter said to Him, Lord, why am I not able to follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.

This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, Follow Me.

Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, Lord, who is the one who betrays You?

Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach.

knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ made known to me.

By this we know the love of God, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.