Matthew 16:24-26

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Take Up Your Cross

²⁴ Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.^{(A) 25} For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will find it.^{(B) 26} What will it benefit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?^(C)