22 [a]Saying, (A)The Son of man must suffer many things, and be reproved of the Elders, and of the high Priests and Scribes, and be slain, and the third day rise again.

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

24 (C)For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 9:22 Christ himself attained to the heavenly glory by the cross and invincible patience.
  2. Luke 9:23 Even as one day followeth another, so doth one cross follow another, and the cross is by the figure Metonymy, taken for the miseries of this life: for to be hanged, was the sorest and cruelest punishment that was amongst the Jews.

22 And he said, “The Son of Man(A) must suffer many things(B) and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law,(C) and he must be killed(D) and on the third day(E) be raised to life.”(F)

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.(G) 24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.(H)

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