<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, &#8220;If anyone wants to become my follower,<n id="3" /> he must deny<n id="4" /> himself, take up his cross,<n id="5" /> and follow me.

For whoever wants to save his life<n id="1" /> will lose it,<n id="2" /> but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

And <b><i>to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strengthi>b><n id="1" /> and <b><i>to love your neighbor as yourselfi>b><n id="2" /> is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.&#8221;