MARK 8:34: If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.

JOHN 10:18: No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has commanded.

ZECHARIAH 9:9: Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey—riding on a donkey’s colt.

GENESIS 22:8: "God will provide a sheep for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham answered. And they both walked on together.

LUKE 9:51: As the time drew near for him to ascend to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

LUKE 4:18: The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free.

MATTHEW 20:28: For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.

2 CORINTHIANS 4:4: Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

JAMES 1:12: God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

EPHESIANS 5:8: For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!