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Matthew 16:24-25
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Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life [1] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Footnotes

[1] 16:25 The same Greek word can mean either soul or life, depending on the context; twice in this verse and twice in verse 26

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