Matthew 16:24
Douay-Rheims
Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Gregory the Great
(in Ezech. Hom. i. 10.) He denies himself whosoever is changed for the better, and begins to be what he was not, and ceases to be what he was.
Source details
A.D. 604 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 16:24-25
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.