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NASB | Matthew 16:24 ¶ Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 16:24 ¶ Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple], he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and take up his cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me]. |
Subject: Are you His disciple? |
Bible Note: Hi, Brother WOS... It would probably be easier if it were only physical death. However, as Christ instructed, "If any man come to Me, and hate not His father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple." (Luke 14:26) And again, "So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be My disciple." (Luke 14:33) Certainly there is a daily denial of self. I hadn't meant to refute what you were saying, only to expand upon it. In Him, Doc |