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Then he said to them all, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.
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For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it.
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What does it profit them if they gain the whole world, but lose or forfeit themselves?
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Those who are ashamed of me and of my words, of them the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
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But truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God."
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard)
