*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.
Doth not bear his cross - See on Matthew 10:38 (note); Matthew 16:24 (note).
(6) And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
(6) The true followers of Christ must at once build and fight, and therefore be ready and prepared to endure all types of miseries.
Whosoever doth not bear his cross,.... All reproach, afflictions, persecutions, and death itself, cheerfully and patiently; the Ethiopic version renders it, "of his death the cross"; it signifies whatever is trying and disagreeable to flesh and blood:
and come after me; bearing his cross; as Christ himself was about to do, and which doubtless he had in view;
cannot be my disciple; he is not so in reality, nor does he deserve the name.
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