⁶⁷ So Jesus said to ^(A)the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” ⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^(B)the words of eternal life, ⁶⁹ and ^(C)we have believed, and have come to know, that ^(D)you are ^(E)the Holy One of God.” ⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, ^(F)“Did I not choose you, ^(G)the twelve? And yet one of you is ^(H)a devil.” ⁷¹ He spoke of Judas ^(I)the son of Simon Iscariot, for ^(J)he, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.

⁵ Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. ^(A)Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for ^(B)“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

^6 (C)Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

²⁴ Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him ^(A)deny himself and ^(B)take up his cross and follow me. ²⁵ For ^(C)whoever would save his life^[a] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. ²⁶ For ^(D)what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or ^(E)what shall a man give in return for his soul? ^27 (F)For the Son of Man is going to come with ^(G)his angels in the glory of his Father, and ^(H)then he will repay each person according to what he has done. ²⁸ Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not ^(I)taste death ^(J)until they see the Son of Man ^(K)coming in his kingdom.”