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Berean Standard Bible

“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

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After Peter's confession and Jesus' first prediction of his death, Jesus calls the crowd together with his disciples. He shifts from what he must endure to what following him involves.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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.

World English Bible (WEB)

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.

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, 'Whoever does will to come after me -- let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y llamando á la gente con sus discípulos, les dijo: Cualquiera que quisiere venir en pos de mí, niéguese á sí mismo, y tome su cruz, y sígame.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Dicho esto, llamó a la multitud junto con sus discípulos y añadió:―Si alguno quiere venir en pos de mí, niéguese a sí mismo, tome su cruz y sígame.

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