"Take up your cross, and follow Me."

24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

25 For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Matthew 16

 

also found in Mark 8:34 and Luke 9: 23-25

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