Take Up the Cross and Follow Him(A)

23 (B)Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross [a]daily, and follow Me.

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  1. Luke 9:23 M omits daily

23 And He was saying to them all, (A)If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

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23 And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple], he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and take up his cross daily [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].

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23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.(A)

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23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

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26 If anyone serves Me, let him (A)follow Me; and (B)where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.

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26 If anyone [a]serves Me, he must follow Me; and (A)where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone [b]serves Me, the Father will (B)honor him.

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  1. John 12:26 Or is serving
  2. John 12:26 Or is serving

26 If anyone serves Me, he must [continue to faithfully] follow Me [without hesitation, holding steadfastly to Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me]; and wherever I am [in heaven’s glory], there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

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26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be.(A) My Father will honor the one who serves me.

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26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

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27 (A)My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

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27 My sheep (A)listen to My voice, and (B)I know them, and they follow Me;

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27 The sheep that are My own hear My voice and listen to Me; I know them, and they follow Me.

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27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them,(A) and they follow me.(B)

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27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

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31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and (A)as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

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31 but so that the world may know that I love the Father, [a]I do exactly as (A)the Father commanded Me. Get up, (B)let’s go from here.

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  1. John 14:31 Lit and just as the Father...so I do

31 but so that the world may know [without any doubt] that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father has commanded Me [and act in full agreement with Him]. Get up, let us go from here.

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31 but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me.(A)

“Come now; let us leave.

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31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

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19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (A)the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.

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19 Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (A)the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever [a]the Father does, these things the Son also does in the same way.

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  1. John 5:19 Lit that One

19 So Jesus answered them by saying, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, the Son [a]can do nothing of Himself [of His own accord], unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever things the Father does, the Son [in His turn] also does in the same way.

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  1. John 5:19 Jesus uses the analogy of a son learning a trade from his father to show the religious leaders that when they condemn what He does, they are condemning the Father as well.

19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself;(A) he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.

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19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

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