Matthew 16:24 (BSB)

Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

From Matthew 16. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Matthew 16:24

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Matthew 16:24: 24. Then Jesus said to his disciples. As Christ saw that Peter had a dread of the cross, and that all the rest were affected in the same way, he enters into a general discourse about bearing the cross, and does not limit his address to the twelve apostles, but lays down the same law for all the godly.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Matthew 16:24-28: Christ, having shown his disciples that he must suffer, and that he was ready and willing to suffer, here shows them that they must suffer too, and must be ready and willing. It is a weighty discourse that we have in these verses. I. Here is the law of discipleship laid down, and the terms fixed, upon which we may have the honour and benefit of it, Mat 16:24.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Matthew 16:24: For whosoever will save his life,.... Whoever is desirous of preserving himself from troubles, reproaches, persecutions, and death; and takes such a method to do it, as by forsaking Christ, denying his Gospel, and dropping his profession of it; and by so doing, curries favour with men, in order to procure to himself worldly emoluments, honour, peace, pleasure, and life, shall lose it; he will...
• Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Matthew 16:24: Verse 24-28. This discourse is also recorded in and Let him deny himself. That is, let him surrender to God his will, affections, body, and soul. Let him not seek his own happiness as the supreme object, but be willing to renounce all, and lay down his life also, if required. Take up his cross. . (x) "any man"