Cain and Abel

4 Now the man ^[a]had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have obtained a male child with the help of the Lord.” ² And again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now ^(A)Abel was ^(B)a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a cultivator of the ground. ³ So it came about ^[b]in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord from the fruit of the ground. ^4 (C)Abel, on his part also brought an offering, from the firstborn of his flock and from their fat portions. And ^(D)the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering; ⁵ but ^(E)for Cain and his offering He had no regard. So ^(F)Cain became very angry and his face ^[c]was gloomy. ⁶ Then the Lord said to Cain, “^(G)Why are you angry? And why is your face ^[d]gloomy? ^7 (H)If you do well, ^[e]will your face not be ^[f]cheerful? ^(I)And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; and its desire is for you, ^(J)but you must master it.” ⁸ Cain ^[g]talked to his brother Abel; and it happened that when they were in the field Cain rose up against his brother Abel and ^(K)killed him.

⁹ Then the Lord said to Cain, “^(L)Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

Jesus Foretells His Death

^21 (A)From that time ^[a]Jesus began to ^[b]point out to His disciples that it was necessary for Him to go to Jerusalem and to ^(B)suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and to be raised up on the third day. ²² And yet Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “^[c]God forbid it, Lord! This shall never ^[d]happen to You!” ²³ But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, ^(C)Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on ^[e]God’s purposes, but men’s.”

Discipleship Is Costly

²⁴ Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, ^(D)take up his cross, and follow Me. ²⁵ For ^(E)whoever wants to save his ^[f]life will lose it; but whoever loses his ^[g]life for My sake will find it. ²⁶ For what good will it do a person if he gains the whole world, but ^[h]forfeits his soul? Or what will a person give in exchange for his soul? ²⁷ For the ^(F)Son of Man ^(G)is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and ^(H)will then repay every person according to his ^[i]deeds.

²⁸ “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the ^(I)Son of Man ^(J)coming in His kingdom.”