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Mt 10:38 Strong Concordance And [2532] he [3739] that taketh [2983] not [3756] his [846] cross [4716], and [2532] followeth [190] after [3694] me [3450], is [2076] not [3756] worthy [514] of me [3450].
  King James And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me--a saying which our Lord once and again emphatically reiterates (Mat 16:24; Luk 9:23; Luk 14:27). We have become so accustomed to this expression--"taking up one's cross"--in the sense of "being prepared for trials in general for Christ's sake," that we are apt to lose sight of its primary and proper sense here--"a preparedness to go forth even to crucifixion," as when our Lord had to bear His own cross on His way to Calvary--a saying the more remarkable as our Lord had not as yet given a hint that He would die this death, nor was crucifixion a Jewish mode of capital punishment.
 
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27 And [2532] whosoever [3748] doth [941] not [3756] bear [941] his [846] cross [4716], and [2532] come [2064] after [3694] me [3450], cannot [3756] [1410] be [1511] my [3450] disciple [3101].
23 And [1161] he said [3004] to [4314] them all [3956], If any man [1536] will [2309] come [2064] after [3694] me [3450], let him deny [533] himself [1438], and [2532] take up [142] his [846] cross [4716] daily [2250] [2596], and [2532] follow [190] me [3427].
24 Then [5119] said [2036] Jesus [2424] unto his [846] disciples [3101], If any [1536] man will [2309] come [2064] after [3694] me [3450], let him deny [533] himself [1438], and [2532] take up [142] his [846] cross [4716], and [2532] follow [190] me [3427].
31 And [2532] after [3753] that they had mocked [1702] him [846], they took [1562] the robe [5511] off [1562] from him [846], and [2532] put [1746] his own [846] raiment [2440] on [1746] him [846], and [2532] led [520] him [846] away [520] to [1519] crucify [4717] him.
32 And [1161] as they came out [1831], they found [2147] a man [444] of Cyrene [2956], Simon [4613] by name [3686]: him [5126] they compelled [29] to [2443] bear [142] his [846] cross [4716].
31 And [2532] after [3753] that they had mocked [1702] him [846], they took [1562] the robe [5511] off [1562] from him [846], and [2532] put [1746] his own [846] raiment [2440] on [1746] him [846], and [2532] led [520] him [846] away [520] to [1519] crucify [4717] him.
16 [1161] These things [5023] understood [1097] not [3756] his [846] disciples [3101] at the first [4412]: but [235] when [3753] Jesus [2424] was glorified [1392], then [5119] remembered they [3415] that [3754] these things [5023] were [2258] written [1125] of [1909] him [846], and [2532] that they had done [4160] these things [5023] unto him [846].
27 And [2532] whosoever [3748] doth [941] not [3756] bear [941] his [846] cross [4716], and [2532] come [2064] after [3694] me [3450], cannot [3756] [1410] be [1511] my [3450] disciple [3101].
24 Then [5119] said [2036] Jesus [2424] unto his [846] disciples [3101], If any [1536] man will [2309] come [2064] after [3694] me [3450], let him deny [533] himself [1438], and [2532] take up [142] his [846] cross [4716], and [2532] follow [190] me [3427].
17 And [2532] he bearing [941] his [846] cross [4716] went forth [1831] into [1519] a place [5117] called [3004] the place of a skull [2898], which [3739] is called [3004] in the Hebrew [1447] Golgotha [1115]: