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Bible Verses About the cost to follow jesus

18 key scriptures

Explore what the Bible says about the cost to follow jesus. This collection of 18 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: Luke 9:23
King James (KJV)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.

18 Key Scriptures

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 ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back , is fit for the kingdom of God.
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath , he cannot be my disciple.
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
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.
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: for us: some read, for you
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. he is: or, let him be
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

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