Bible Verses About the cost of discipleship

“And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,”

“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.”

“If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.”

“So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath , he cannot be my disciple.”

“He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.”

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”

“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

“But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.”

“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”

“And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.”

“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”

“And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”