Mark 8:27–35

PETER’S CONFESSION OF THE MESSIAH

²⁷Jesus^c went out with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the road he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”

²⁸They answered him, “John the Baptist;^d others, Elijah; still others, one of the prophets.”^e

²⁹“But you,” he asked them, “who do you say that I am?”

Peter^f answered him, “You are the Messiah.”^{g 30}And he strictly warned^h them to tell no one about him.

HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION PREDICTED

³¹Thenⁱ he began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man^j to suffer many things and be rejected^k by the elders,^l chief priests, and scribes,^m be killed, and riseⁿ after three days.^{o 32}He spoke openly about this. Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. ³³But turning around and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan!^p You are not thinking about God’s concerns^A but human concerns.”

TAKE UP YOUR CROSS

³⁴Calling the crowd along with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself,^q take up his cross,^r and follow me.^{s 35}For whoever wants to save^t his life will lose it,^u but whoever loses^v his life^w because of me^x and the gospel^y will save it.^z