23And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
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And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. …
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. …
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. …
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-27)In these verses, we have Christ discoursing with his disciples about the great things that pertained to the kingdom of God ; and one circumstance of this discourse is taken notice of here which we had not in the other evangelists-that Christ was alone praying , and his disciples with him , when he entered into this discourse, Luke 9:18. Observe, 1. Though Christ had much public work to do, yet he…
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