Luke 9:23 (WEB)
He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Catechism · 1
“Taking up one's cross each day and following Jesus is the surest way of penance.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 9:23.
Fathers and councils · 28
Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
“(Matt. 16:24, Luke 9:23.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Great and noble leaders provoke the mighty in arms to deeds of valour, not only by promising them the honours of victory, but by declaring that suffering is in itself glorious. Such we see is the teaching of the Lord…
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He rightly addressed Himself to all, since He treats of the higher things (which relate to the belief in His birth and passion) apart with His disciples.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
Now the Saviour of His great mercy and lovingkindness will have no one serve Him unwillingly and from constraint, but those only who come of their own accord, and are grateful for being allowed to serve Him. And so…
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But He has left His own life for an example of blameless conversation to those who are willing to obey Him; as He says, Come after me, meaning thereby not a following of His body, for that would be impossible to all,…
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Now unless a man renounces himself, he comes not near to Him, who is above him; it is said therefore, Let him deny himself.
Read the whole comment - Basil the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
A denial of one’s self is indeed a total forgetfulness of things past, and a forsaking of his own will and affection.
Read the whole comment - OrigenCatena Aurea on Luke
A man also denies himself when by a sufficient alteration of manners or a good conversation he changes a life of habitual wickedness. He who has long lived in lasciviousness, abandons his lustful self when he becomes…
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Now a desire of suffering death for Christ and a mortification of one’s members which are upon the earth, and a manful resolution to undergo any danger for Christ, and an indifference towards the present life, this…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
By the cross, He speaks of an ignominious death, meaning, that if any one will follow Christ, he must not for his own sake flee from even an ignominious death.
Read the whole comment - Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
In two ways also is the cross taken up, either when the body is afflicted through abstinence, or the mind; touched by sympathy.
Read the whole comment - A Greek expositorCatena Aurea on Luke
He rightly joins these two, Let him deny himself, and let him take up his cross, for as he who is prepared to ascend the cross conceives in his mind the intention of death, and so goes on thinking to have no more…
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Herein then stands a man’s perfection, that he should have his affections hardened, even towards life itself, and have ever about him the answer (ἀποκρίμα.) of death a, that he should by no means trust in himself. (2…
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We are bid then to take up the cross of which we have above spoken, and having taken it, to follow our Lord who bore His own cross. Hence it follows, And let him follow me.
Read the whole comment - OrigenCatena Aurea on Luke
He assigns the cause of this when He adds, For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; that is, whosoever will according to the present life keep his own soul fixed on things of sense, the same shall lose it,…
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But that incomparable exercise of the passion of Christ, which surpasses the delights and precious things of the world, is alluded to when he adds, What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world and lose…
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Since then the holy Church has one time of persecution, another time of peace, our Lord has noticed both times in His command to us. For at the time of persecution we must lay down our soul, that is our life, which…
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He is ashamed of Christ who says, Am I to believe on Him that is crucified? He also is ashamed of His words who despises the simplicity of the Gospel. But of him shall the Lord be ashamed in His kingdom, in the same…
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Now he strikes fear into their hearts, when He says that He will descend from heaven, not in His former humility and condition proportioned to our capacities for receiving Him, but in the glory of the Father, with…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Now our Lord while He ever raises us to look to the future reward of virtue, and teaches us how good it is to despise worldly things, so also He supports the weakness of the human mind by a present recompense. For it…
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That is, the glory in which the righteous shall be. Now He said this of His transfiguration, which was the type of the glory to come; as if He said, There are some standing here, Peter, James, and John, who shall not…
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Or, by the kingdom of God in this place, is meant the present Church; and some of His disciples were to live in the body up to that time, when they should behold the Church of God built and raised up against the…
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If then we also wish not to fear death, let us stand where Christ is. For they only cannot taste death who are able to stand with Christ, wherein we may consider from the nature of the very word, that they will not…
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2Conference XXIV
“Wherefore also the Lord says in the gospel: “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.”” — editor's note: S. Luke ix. 23.
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Jerome
“Repeatedly does He proclaim, “If any one will come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”” — editor's note: Luke ix. 23.
Read the whole comment“In the hour of danger she used to say: “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me:” and again “whosoever will save his life shall lose it,” and “whosoever will lose his life for my sake the same shall save it.”” — editor's note: Luke ix. 23.
Read the whole comment“Indeed according to the old copies our Lord himself says: “whosoever doth not bear His cross daily and come after me cannot be my disciple.”” — editor's note: Luke xiv. 27; cf. ix. 23.
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Tertullian
“If you wish to be the Lord’s disciple, it is necessary you “take your cross, and follow the Lord:” your cross; that is, your own straits and tortures, or your body only, which is after the manner of a cross.” — editor's note: Matt. xvi. 24; Mark viii. 34; Luke ix. 23; xiv. 27.
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Cross-references · 19
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Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 23:26–32 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 23:26–32 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 23:26–32 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 23:26–32 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2.
Cited together in Basil the Great on Luke 9:23–27 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2.
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 9:23–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2.
Cited together in Catechism §1435.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.2.
Cited together in Catechism §1435.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 23:26–32 (Catena Aurea).
Parallel passages
Matthew 16:24 and Luke 9:23 share the same wording (18 words).
Mark 8:34 and Luke 9:23 share the same wording (15 words).