the cost to follow jesus

The 15 most-voted verses about the cost to follow jesus, from 9 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

Luke 9:23 (BSB)

¶ 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.

Luke 9:23 (KJV)

He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

Luke 9:23 (WEB)

Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Luke 9:62 (BSB)

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Luke 9:62 (KJV)

But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”

Luke 9:62 (WEB)

Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

Luke 10:3 (BSB)

Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.

Luke 10:3 (KJV)

Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.

Luke 10:3 (WEB)

In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.

Luke 14:33 (BSB)

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

Luke 14:33 (KJV)

So therefore, whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.

Luke 14:33 (WEB)

Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.

2 Timothy 2:15 (BSB)

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV)

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

2 Timothy 2:15 (WEB)

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

Matthew 8:20 (BSB)

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.

Matthew 8:20 (KJV)

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

Matthew 8:20 (WEB)

and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.

Matthew 10:38 (BSB)

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

Matthew 10:38 (KJV)

He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me isn’t worthy of me.

Matthew 10:38 (WEB)

For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

Matthew 24:44 (BSB)

Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Matthew 24:44 (KJV)

Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come.

Matthew 24:44 (WEB)

Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

Mark 8:34 (BSB)

¶ 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.

Mark 8:34 (KJV)

He called the multitude to himself with his disciples and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Mark 8:34 (WEB)

Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?

Luke 14:28 (BSB)

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have [sufficient] to finish [it]?

Luke 14:28 (KJV)

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

Luke 14:28 (WEB)

In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Acts 20:35 (BSB)

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.

Acts 20:35 (KJV)

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

Acts 20:35 (WEB)

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

2 Corinthians 5:17 (BSB)

Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (WEB)

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Galatians 2:20 (BSB)

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.

Galatians 2:20 (KJV)

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.

Galatians 2:20 (WEB)

He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

Titus 3:5 (BSB)

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;

Titus 3:5 (KJV)

not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Titus 3:5 (WEB)

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:

1 Peter 2:21 (BSB)

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

1 Peter 2:21 (KJV)

For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

1 Peter 2:21 (WEB)

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