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  • Luke 9:23
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 23 Then he went on to say to all: “If anyone wants to come after me, let him disown himself+ and pick up his torture stake* day after day and keep following me.+

  • Luke 9:23
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 23 Ἔλεγεν He was saying δὲ but πρὸς toward πάντας all (them) Εἴ If τις anyone θέλει is willing ὀπίσω behind μου me ἔρχεσθαι, to be coming, ἀρνησάσθω let him disown ἑαυτὸν himself καὶ and ἀράτω let him lift up τὸν the σταυρὸν stake αὐτοῦ of him καθ’ according to ἡμέραν, day, καὶ and ἀκολουθείτω let him be following μοι. to me.

  • Luke 9:23
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 23 Then he went on to say to all: “If anyone wants to come after me, let him disown himself+ and pick up his torture stake* day after day and follow me continually.+

  • Luke 9:23
    The Bible in Living English
    • 23 And he said to all “If anyone wishes to come after me, let him repudiate himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

  • Luke 9:23
    American Standard Version
    • 23 And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

  • Luke 9:23
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 23 And he was saying unto all—If any one intendeth after me to come Let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily,—and be following me.

  • Luke 9:23
    King James Version
    • 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.

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 9:23 w24.03 9; cf 7-8; it-2 1117; jy 143; w00 3/15 8; w95 2/15 30; w95 3/1 14, 18; gt chapter 59; w90 8/1 16; w87 12/15 9

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 9:23 w78 8/1 17; w73 337; w72 518; ad 1609; w56 399, 405

  • Luke
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 9:23

      The Watchtower (Study),

      3/2024, p. 9

      “My Follower,” pp. 7-8

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 1117

      Jesus—The Way, p. 143

      The Watchtower,

      3/15/2000, p. 8

      3/1/1995, pp. 14, 18

      2/15/1995, p. 30

      8/1/1990, p. 16

      12/15/1987, p. 9

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 9:23

      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 and a related one are used by Luke when describing Peter’s denial that he knew Jesus.​—Lu 22:34, 57, 61; see study note on Mt 16:24.

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

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