Followers of Christ must take up their cross23Jesus then told them all: "If any of you wants to be My follower, he will have to deny doing with his life what he wants. He will have to take up his cross of sacrifice every day in order to follow Me.24For whoever wants to live his life for himself will lose everything: but whoever is prepared to sacrifice his life for Me will find true salvation.25"How would it benefit a person if he were to gain everything he wants in the world, but he lost or forfeited his own soul in the process?26"Anyone who is ashamed of Me and of what I teach will find that I, the Son of Man, will be ashamed of him when I return in My Father's glory together with the holy angels.
Scripture quoted by permission. The passage above is taken from THE TRUTH VERSION. Copyright © 2009 by Colin Urquhart. All rights reserved worldwide. (The Truth New Testament)