²¹From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and on the third day be raised.^* ²²And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you.” ²³But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance^l to me, for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.”

The Cross and Self-Denial

²⁴Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.^* ²⁵For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. ²⁶For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?

²⁷“For the Son of Man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay everyone for what has been done.^* ²⁸Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming 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

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Cross references

*Mt 17:22, 23; 20:17–19; Lk 17:25
*Mt 10:38, 39; Lk 14:27; 17:33; Jn 12:25
*Mt 10:23; Lk 12:9; Rom 2:6; Rev 22:12
*Mt 10:23; 1 Cor 16:22; 1 Thess 4:15–18; Jas 5:7; Rev 1:7