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Not Peace but a Sword

Matthew 10:38

In 9 translations

BSB
and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
KJV
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
WEB
He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me isn’t worthy of me.
ASV
And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.
LSV
and whoever does not receive his cross and follow after Me, is not worthy of Me.
YLT
and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.
DBY
And he who does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.
DRC
And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.
GNV
And hee that taketh not his crosse, and followeth after me, is not worthie of me.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ὃς οὐ λαμβάνει τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκολουθεῖ ὀπίσω μου, οὐκ ἔστιν μου ἄξιος.
RP2018
καὶ ὃς οὐ λαμβάνει τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκολουθεῖ ὀπίσω μου, οὐκ ἔστιν μου ἄξιος.
TR-Boyd
καὶ ὃς οὐ λαμβάνει τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκολουθεῖ ὀπίσω μου, οὐκ ἔστι μου ἄξιος.
SCR1894
και ος ου λαμβανει τον σταυρον αυτου και ακολουθει οπισω μου ουκ εστιν μου αξιος

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 14:27And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
  • Mark 8:34Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
  • Matthew 16:24Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
  • Luke 9:23–24Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake…
  • John 19:17Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.
  • Mark 10:21Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
  • Matthew 27:32Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.

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