34 ^aAnd calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and ^btake up his cross and ^cfollow me. 35 ^dFor whoever would save his life¹ will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the ^egospel’s will save it. 36 For what does it profit a man to ^fgain the whole world and forfeit his soul? 37 For what can a man give in return for his soul? 38 For whoever is ^gashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he ^hcomes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

1 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are ⁱsome standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

23 ^aAnd he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and ^btake up his cross ^cdaily and ^dfollow me. 24 ^eFor whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. 25 For what does it profit a man if he ^fgains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? 26 For whoever is ^gashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he ^hcomes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. 27 But I tell you truly, there are ⁱsome standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”