Mark 8:31–9:1

Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death

³¹Then Jesus began to teach his disciples: “The Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law. He will be put to death, but three days later he will rise to life.” ³²He made this very clear to them. So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. ³³But Jesus turned round, looked at his disciples, and rebuked Peter. “Get away from me, Satan,” he said. “Your thoughts don’t come from God but from human nature!”

^34*Then Jesus called the crowd and his disciples to him. “If anyone wants to come with me,” he told them, “he must forget self, carry his cross, and follow me. ^35*For whoever wants to save his own life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. ³⁶Do people gain anything if they win the whole world but lose their life? Of course not! ³⁷There is nothing they can give to regain their life. ³⁸If a person is ashamed of me and of my teaching in this godless and wicked day, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

9And he went on to say, “I tell you, there are some here who will not die until they have seen the Kingdom of God come with power.”