23Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.
24For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.
25What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?
26Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
27“Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
The Transfiguration
28About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray.
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