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ThenΤότεJesusὁ Ἰησοῦςsaidεἶπενto his disciples,τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ“IfΕἴanyoneτιςwantsθέλειto comeἐλθεῖνafterὀπίσωme,μουlet him denyἀπαρνησάσθωhimselfἑαυτὸνandκαὶtake upἀράτωhis crossτὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦandκαὶfollowἀκολουθείτωme.μοι
Matthew 16:24
Study it in the app“Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”
Following him means denying yourself and taking up your crossFollowing Jesus
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Matthew 16:24, word by word
- ThenΤότεTote
then
Then, at that time.
Where else “Tote” appears- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- to his disciplesμαθηταῖςmathētais
disciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētais” appears- wantsθέλειthelei
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelei” appears- to comeἐλθεῖνelthein
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “elthein” appears- afterὀπίσωopisō
follow after
To walk behind someone, follow them.
Where else “opisō” appears- let him denyἀπαρνησάσθωaparnēsasthō
deny, disown
Deny utterly, disown. To "deny oneself" is to stop living for oneself.
Where else “aparnēsasthō” appears- take upἀράτωaratō
carry
To bear something on oneself: "take up his cross".
Where else “aratō” appears- his crossσταυρὸνstauron
carry the cross
"Take up the cross": follow Christ, ready to die.
Where else “stauron” appears- followἀκολουθείτωakoloutheitō
follow as disciple
To leave everything to go with Jesus as a disciple.
Where else “akoloutheitō” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
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Matthew 16:24-28
24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for the sake of me will find it. 26For what will it profit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life? 27For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will repay each one according to his conduct. 28Truly I tell you, there are some of those standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
8:34And summoning the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 8:35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for the sake of me and the good news will save it. 8:36For what does it profit a person to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? 8:37For what can a person give in exchange for his life? 8:38For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” 9:1And he was saying to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some of those standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the kingdom of God having come with power.”
23And he was saying to all, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for the sake of me, that one will save it. 25For what is a person benefited if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself? 26For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in his glory and that of the Father and of the holy angels. 27But I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”
The context
23But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not thinking the things of God but the things of men.”
24 · This verse (above)
25For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for the sake of me will find it.
To study Matthew 16 in a group
1. What it says
Who did people say Jesus was, and what did Peter answer (vv. 13–16)?
2. What it means
What did Jesus mean by losing one's life in order to find it (vv. 24–25)?
3. How I live it
Jesus asks, “But who do you say that I am?” (v. 15). How would you answer in your own words?