Cost of Discipleship

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. For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”

“Whosoever, therefore, shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with the holy angels.” And he said unto them, “Verily I say unto you, There be some of them that stand here, who shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.”

Mark 8:34-38; 9:1

(See also Matthew 16:24-27; Luke 9:23-26)

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