Luke 9:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross every day, and come after me.

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  • Matt 10:38-39 : 38 And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me. 39 He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.
  • Mark 8:34-38 : 34 And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me. 35 Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it. 36 What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? 37 And what would a man give in exchange for his life? 38 Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
  • Luke 14:26-27 : 26 And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.
  • John 12:25-26 : 25 He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever. 26 If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.
  • Rom 8:13 : 13 For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.
  • Col 3:5 : 5 Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;
  • Titus 2:12 : 12 Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;
  • 2 Tim 3:12 : 12 Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.
  • Matt 16:22-25 : 22 And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about. 23 But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men. 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me. 25 Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.
  • 1 Cor 15:30-31 : 30 And why are we in danger every hour? 31 Yes, truly, by your pride in me, my brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord, my life is one long death.

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    23 But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.

    24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me.

    25 Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.

  • Mark 8:34-35
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    34 And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.

    35 Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

  • Luke 14:25-27
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    25 Now a great number of people went with him.

    26 And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

    27 Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.

  • Luke 9:24-26
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    24 For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it.

    25 For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?

    26 For if any man has a feeling of shame because of me or of my words, the Son of man will have shame because of him when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

  • Matt 10:37-39
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    37 He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

    38 And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.

    39 He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

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    22 Saying, The Son of man will undergo much and be put on one side by the rulers and the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and be put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.

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    57 And when they were on the way, a certain man said to him, I will come after you wherever you go.

  • Luke 14:33
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    33 And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

  • John 21:19
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    19 Now this he said, pointing out the sort of death by which he would give God glory. And after saying this, he said to him, Come after me.

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    32 To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven.

    33 But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven.

  • Luke 9:59-62
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    59 And he said to another, Come after me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

    60 But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.

    61 And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.

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    21 Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.

  • Matt 8:21-22
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    21 And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

    22 But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.

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    19 And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go.

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    31 And teaching them, he said that the Son of man would have to undergo much, and be hated by those in authority, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days come back from the dead.

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    25 He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

    26 If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

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    26 And while they were taking him away, they put their hands on Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and made him take the cross after Jesus.

  • Mark 10:21
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    21 And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.

  • Luke 5:28
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    28 And giving up his business, he got up and went after him.

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  • Luke 24:7
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  • John 19:17
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    17 And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head (in Hebrew, Golgotha):

  • Luke 18:22
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    22 And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.

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    51 And it came about that when the days were near for him to be taken up, his face was turned to go to Jerusalem,

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    11 And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.

  • Mark 1:36
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    36 And Simon and those who were with him came after him.

  • Matt 27:32
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    32 And while they were coming out, they saw a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they made him go with them, so that he might take up his cross.

  • Mark 10:28-29
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    28 Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything, and come after you.

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    9 But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before the angels of God.

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    37 Peter said to him, Why may I not come with you even now? I will give up my life for you.

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    33 And he said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.

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    19 And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

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    37 And he did not let anyone come with him, but Peter and James and John, the brother of James.