⁶ Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac,^(A) and he himself carried the fire and the knife.^(B) As the two of them went on together,

²⁷ And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.^(A)

The Crucifixion of Jesus^(A)

²⁶ As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene,^(B) who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.^(C)