A moment in scripture
Luke 9:23
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And 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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The surrounding passage
- Luke 9:21
And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
- Luke 9:22
Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
- Luke 9:24
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
- Luke 9:25
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.