Mark 8:34. Called unto him the multitude. The crowd was never far off. What He would now say was of universal application. He would prepare the multitude to hear what He had just revealed to the Twelve, and test their willingness to follow Him to death. He thus showed His wisdom as a Teacher, in adapting the truth to the audience.

Take up his cross. Luke inserts ‘daily.'

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