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 # pick up his cross and follow after me
 
-"carry his cross and follow me." The cross represents suffering and death. Taking up the cross represents being willing to suffer and die. Alternate translation: "obey me even to the point of suffering and dying" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"carry his cross and follow me." Taking up the cross represents being willing to suffer and die. Alternate translation: "obey me even to the point of suffering and dying" 
 
-# pick up
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-"take up" or "pick up and carry"