Matthew 16:24-27

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

²⁴ Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him _w deny himself and _x take up his cross and follow me. ²⁵ For _x whoever would save his life ₁ will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. ²⁶ For _y what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or _z what shall a man give in return for his soul? ²⁷ _a For the Son of Man is going to come with _b his angels in the glory of his Father, and _c then he will repay each person according to what he has done.

1. Cross References
   2 Timothy 2:12 - 13
   If we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 10:38 - 39
   And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
   
3. Cross References
   Matthew 16:24
   Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
   
4. Cross References
   Luke 12:20
   But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?
   
5. Cross References
   Psalms 49:7 - 8
   Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life.
   
6. Cross References
   Matthew 24:30
   Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son ...
   Matthew 25:31
   When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all...
   Matthew 26:64
   Jesus said to him, "You have said so. But I tel...
   Daniel 7:10
   A stream of fire issued and came out from befor...
   Daniel 7:13
   I saw in the night visions, and behold, with th...
   Zechariah 14:5
   And you shall flee to the valley of my mountain...
   John 1:51
   And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you...
   Acts 1:11
   And said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand loo...
   1 Thessalonians 1:10
   And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he ra...
   1 Thessalonians 4:16
   For the Lord himself will descend from heaven w...
   Jude 1:14
   It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh...
   Revelation 1:7
   Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every...
   Deuteronomy 33:2
   He said, "The Lord came from Sinai and dawned f...
   
7. Cross References
   Matthew 13:41
   The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers.
   
8. Cross References
   Romans 2:6
   He will render to each one according to his works:
   Romans 14:12
   So then each of us will give an account of hims...
   2 Corinthians 5:10
   For we must all appear before the judgment seat...
   Hebrews 9:27
   And just as it is appointed for man to die once...
   1 Peter 1:17
   And if you call on him as Father who judges imp...
   Revelation 2:23
   And I will strike her children dead. And all th...
   Revelation 20:12
   And I saw the dead, great and small, standing b...
   Revelation 22:12
   Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompens...
   Acts 10:42
   And he commanded us to preach to the people and...
   1 Corinthians 3:8
   He who plants and he who waters are one, and ea...