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Matthew 10:38-40
New Catholic Bible
Matthew 10:38-40
New Catholic Bible
38 and anyone who does not take up his cross[a] and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.[b]
40 “Whoever receives you receives me; and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
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- Matthew 10:38 Take up his cross: this is the first time Matthew mentions the cross, which was an instrument of death. The picture is of a man, already condemned, required to carry the beam of his own cross to the place of execution (see Jn 19:17). Here it symbolizes the necessity of total commitment—even unto death—on the part of Jesus’ disciples.
- Matthew 10:39 Those who renounce their earthly life in order to confess Jesus will obtain the happiness of eternal life.
