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  • Mark 8:34
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 34 He now called the crowd to him with his disciples and said to them: “If anyone wants to come after me, let him disown himself and pick up his torture stake* and keep following me.+

  • Mark 8:34
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 34 Καὶ And προσκαλεσάμενος having called to himself τὸν the ὄχλον crowd σὺν together with τοῖς the μαθηταῖς disciples αὐτοῦ of him εἶπεν he said αὐτοῖς to them Εἴ If τις anyone θέλει is willing ὀπίσω behind μου me ἐλθεῖν, to come, ἀπαρνησάσθω let him disown ἑαυτὸν himself καὶ and ἀράτω let him lift up τὸν the σταυρὸν stake αὐτοῦ of him καὶ and ἀκολουθείτω let him be following μοι. me.

  • Mark 8:34
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 34 He now called the crowd to him with his disciples and said to them: “If anyone wants to come after me, let him disown himself and pick up his torture stake* and follow me continually.+

  • Mark 8:34
    The Bible in Living English
    • 34 And he called the crowd to him, with his disciples, and said to them “If anyone wishes to come after me, let him disown himself and take up his cross and follow me.

  • Mark 8:34
    American Standard Version
    • 34 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.

  • Mark 8:34
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 34 And calling near the multitude with his disciples he said unto them—If anyone willeth after me to come let him deny himself and take up his cross, and be following me.

  • Mark 8:34
    King James Version
    • 34 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
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 8:34 it-2 1117; jy 143; w08 2/15 29-30; km 5/06 1; w00 9/15 22-23; w92 8/1 17; gt chapter 59; w87 4/15 12; w87 12/15 9; w86 7/1 26

  • Mark
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 8:34 w72 601; ad 1609; g62 2/8 28; w58 344

  • Mark
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 8:34

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 1117

      Jesus—The Way, p. 143

      The Watchtower,

      2/15/2008, pp. 29-30

      9/15/2000, pp. 22-23

      8/1/1992, p. 17

      12/15/1987, p. 9

      4/15/1987, pp. 11-12

      7/1/1986, pp. 26-27

      Kingdom Ministry,

      5/2006, p. 1

  • Mark Study Notes—Chapter 8
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 8:34

      come after me: Or, according to some ancient manuscripts, “follow after me.”

      let him disown himself: Or “let him give up all right to himself.” This indicates a person’s willingness to deny himself utterly or to relinquish ownership of himself to God. The Greek phrase can be rendered “he must say no to himself,” which is fitting because it may involve saying no to personal desires, ambitions, or convenience. (2Co 5:14, 15) The same Greek verb is used by Mark when describing Peter’s denial of Jesus.​—Mr 14:30, 31, 72.

      torture stake: See study note on Mt 16:24.

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