³² “Whoever acknowledges me before others,^(A) I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. ³³ But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.^(B)

³⁴ “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. ³⁵ For I have come to turn

³⁷ “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.^{(E) 38} Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.^{(F) 39} Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.^(G)

⁴⁰ “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me,^(H) and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.^(I)

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!^(A) You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.^{(B) 25} For whoever wants to save their life^[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.^{(C) 26} What 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? ²⁷ For the Son of Man^(D) is going to come^(E) in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.^(F)

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.”