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Matthew 16:21–28

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Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection

21pFrom that time Jesus began to show his disciples that qhe must go to Jerusalem and rsuffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on sthe third day be raised. 22And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord!5 This shall never happen to you.” 23But he turned and said to Peter, t“Get behind me, Satan! You are ua hindrance6 to me. For you vare not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

24Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him wdeny himself and xtake up his cross and follow me. 25For xwhoever would save his life7 will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26For ywhat will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or zwhat shall a man give in return for his soul? 27aFor the Son of Man is going to come with bhis angels in the glory of his Father, and cthen he will repay each person according to what he has done. 28Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not dtaste death euntil they see the Son of Man fcoming in his kingdom.”

Read in Logos
Matthew 16:26: For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

Footnotes

  1. 5Or “[May God be] merciful to you, Lord!”
  2. 6Greek stumbling block
  3. 7The same Greek word can mean either soul or life, depending on the context; twice in this verse and twice in verse 26

Cross references

  1. pFor ver. 21–28, see Mark 8:31–9:1; Luke 9:22–27; [ch. 17:12, 22, 23; 20:17–19]
  2. qch. 20:18; [Luke 13:33]
  3. rch. 17:12, 22, 23; Luke 24:7
  4. sSee ch. 27:63; John 2:19
  5. t[ch. 4:10]
  6. uSee ch. 13:41
  7. vRom. 8:5; Phil. 3:19; Col. 3:2; [Phil. 2:5]
  8. w[2 Tim. 2:12, 13]
  9. xSee ch. 10:38, 39
  10. x[See ver. 24 above]
  11. y[Luke 12:20]
  12. z[Ps. 49:7, 8]
  13. ach. 24:30; 25:31; 26:64; Dan. 7:10, 13; Zech. 14:5; John 1:51; Acts 1:11; 1 Thess. 1:10; 4:16; Jude 14; Rev. 1:7; [Deut. 33:2]
  14. bch. 13:41
  15. cRom. 2:6; 14:12; 2 Cor. 5:10; Heb. 9:27; 1 Pet. 1:17; Rev. 2:23; 20:12; 22:12; See Acts 10:42; 1 Cor. 3:8
  16. dJohn 8:52; Heb. 2:9
  17. e[ch. 10:23; 23:36; 24:34]
  18. fLuke 23:42

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