Luke 9:23 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. It is reported of Agrippina, "the mother of Nero, who" being told "that if ever her son came to be an emperor he would be her murderer," she made this reply: "I am content to perish, if he may be emperor." What she expressed vaingloriously, we should do religiously. "Let us perish, so our neighbours, our relations, and our country, be bettered." (Archbishop Seeker.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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