Matthew 16:23-25
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
23 (A)He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”
The Conditions of Discipleship.[a] 24 (B)Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,[b] take up his cross, and follow me. 25 (C)For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.[c]
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- 16:24–28 A readiness to follow Jesus even to giving up one’s life for him is the condition for true discipleship; this will be repaid by him at the final judgment.
- 16:24 Deny himself: to deny someone is to disown him (see Mt 10:33; 26:34–35) and to deny oneself is to disown oneself as the center of one’s existence.
- 16:25 See notes on Mt 10:38, 39.
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