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²⁴於是，耶穌對門徒說：「誰若願意跟隨我，該棄絕自己，背著自己的十字架來跟隨我，

²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵因為誰若願意救自己的性命，必要喪失性命；但誰若為我的原故，喪失自己的性命，必要獲得性命。

²⁵For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

²⁶人縱然賺得了全世界，卻賠上了自己的靈魂，為他有什麼益處？或者，人還能拿什麼作為自己靈魂的代價？

²⁶For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

²⁷因為將來人子要在他父的光榮中同他的天使降來，那時，他要按照每人的行為予以賞報。

²⁷For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels: and then will he render to every man according to his works.

²⁸我實在告訴你們：站在這裡的人中，就有些人在未嘗到死味以前，必要看見人子來到自己的國內。」

²⁸Amen I say to you, there are some of them that stand here, that shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom