24Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.


In Context

21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. "Never, Lord!" he said. "This shall never happen to you!"

23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men."

24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.

26 What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

Matthew 16:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:24Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:24Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:24Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:24Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, |If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:24Then said Jesus to his disciples, 'If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:24Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.