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Read: Luke: 18:31-33

What is Jesus trying to tell His disciples in these verses? Do they understand Him? 

Jesus is warning the disciples in these verses that He must go to Jerusalem, suffer and be killed.  He must do this in order to fulfill the scriptures and the prophets.  

“Then he said to the crowd, ‘If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me.’”

Luke 9:23

If we are to sincerely follow Christ and be His disciples, we too must take up our crosses and follow after Him.  What does this mean to you?