²¹From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem^j and suffer many things^k at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law,^l and that he must be killed^m and on the third dayⁿ be raised to life.^o

²²Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”

²³Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan!^p You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.^q ²⁵For whoever wants to save their life^f will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.^r ²⁶What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? ²⁷For the Son of Man^s is going to come^t in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.^u

²⁸“Truly I tell you, some who are standing here 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

fThe Greek word means either life or soul; also in verse 26.

Cross references

jSee Lk 9:51
k Ps 22:6; Isa 53:3; Mt 26:67, 68; Mk 10:34; Lk 17:25; Jn 18:22, 23; 19:3
l Mt 27:1, 2
m Ac 2:23; 3:13
n Hos 6:2; Mt 12:40; Lk 24:21, 46; Jn 2:19; 1 Co 15:3, 4
o Mt 17:22, 23; 27:63; Mk 9:31; Lk 9:22; 18:31–33; 24:6, 7
pSee Mt 4:10
q Mt 10:38; Lk 14:27
rSee Jn 12:25
sSee Mt 8:20
tSee Lk 17:30; Jn 14:3; Ac 1:11; See 1 Co 1:7; See 1 Th 2:19; 4:16; See Rev 1:7; 22:7, 12, 20
u 2 Ch 6:23; Job 34:11; Ps 62:12; Jer 17:10; Eze 18:20; 1 Co 3:12–15; 2 Co 5:10; Rev 22:12