TAKE UP YOUR CROSS

24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.u 25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will find it.v 26 For what will it benefit someone if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will anyone give in exchange for his life?w 27 For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father,x and then he will reward each according to what he has done.