‭‭Matthew‬ ‭16‬:‭24‬-‭25‬ ‭(ESV‬‬)

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”

Apotheosis to Thomas Cole, 1847
Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826-1900)