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Luke 14:27

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14:27Whoever does not carry his own cross88 and follow89 me cannot be my disciple.

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Footnotes

  1. 88 It was customary practice in a Roman crucifixion for the prisoner to be made to carry his own cross. Jesus is speaking figuratively here in the context of rejection. If the priority is not one’s allegiance to Jesus, then one will not follow him in the face of possible rejection; see Luke 9:23.
  2. 89 Grk “and come after.” In combination with the verb ἔρχομαι (erchomai) the improper preposition ὀπίσω (opisō) means “follow.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

NLTNew Living Translation

And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

KJV 1900King James Version

And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.