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Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.

What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels."

If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels."

And he said to them, "I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."

And he said to them, "Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power."