The disciples said to him, (A)“Rabbi, (B)the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?”

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“But Rabbi,”(A) they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you,(B) and yet you are going back?”

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31 (A)The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.

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31 Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him,(A)

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59 So (A)they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

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59 At this, they picked up stones to stone him,(A) but Jesus hid himself,(B) slipping away from the temple grounds.

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12 When we heard this, we and the people there (A)urged him not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, (B)“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For (C)I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem (D)for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

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12 When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die(A) in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”(B)

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39 (A)Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.

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39 Again they tried to seize him,(A) but he escaped their grasp.(B)

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Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection

21 (A)From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that (B)he must go to Jerusalem and (C)suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on (D)the third day be raised. 22 And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord![a] This shall never happen to you.” 23 But he turned and said to Peter, (E)“Get behind me, Satan! You are (F)a hindrance[b] to me. For you (G)are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:22 Or “[May God be] merciful to you, Lord!”
  2. Matthew 16:23 Greek stumbling block

Jesus Predicts His Death(A)

21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem(B) and suffer many things(C) at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law,(D) and that he must be killed(E) and on the third day(F) be raised to life.(G)

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

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

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24 But (A)I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only (B)I may finish my course and (C)the ministry (D)that I received from the Lord Jesus, (E)to testify to (F)the gospel of (G)the grace of God.

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24 However, I consider my life worth nothing to me;(A) my only aim is to finish the race(B) and complete the task(C) the Lord Jesus has given me(D)—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.(E)

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The Lord Is in His Holy Temple

To the choirmaster. Of David.

11 In the Lord I take refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
    (A)“Flee like a bird to your mountain,
for behold, the wicked (B)bend the bow;
    (C)they have fitted their arrow to the string
    to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
if (D)the foundations are destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 11:3 Or for the foundations will be destroyed; what has the righteous done?

Psalm 11

For the director of music. Of David.

In the Lord I take refuge.(A)
    How then can you say to me:
    “Flee(B) like a bird to your mountain.(C)
For look, the wicked bend their bows;(D)
    they set their arrows(E) against the strings
to shoot from the shadows(F)
    at the upright in heart.(G)
When the foundations(H) are being destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”

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and (A)greetings in (B)the marketplaces and being called (C)rabbi[a] by others.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:7 Rabbi means my teacher, or my master; also verse 8

they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.(A)

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