Matthew 16:21-23

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First prediction of Jesus’ death and resurrection

²¹From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and legal experts, and that he had to be killed and raised on the third day. ²²Then Peter took hold of Jesus and, scolding him, began to correct him: “God forbid, Lord! This won’t happen to you.” ²³But he turned to Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan. You are a stone that could make me stumble, for you are not thinking God’s thoughts but human thoughts.”

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Psalm 107:1-3

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BOOK V

(Psalms 107–150)

Psalm 107

107 “Give thanks to the Lord because he is good,
        because his faithful love lasts forever!”
²That’s what those who are redeemed by the Lord say,
    the ones God redeemed from the power of their enemies,
³    the ones God gathered from various countries,
    from east and west, north and south.

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Psalm 107:17-22

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¹⁷Some of the redeemed were fools because of their sinful ways.
    They suffered because of their wickedness.
¹⁸They had absolutely no appetite for food;
    they had arrived at death’s gates.
¹⁹So they cried out to the Lord in their distress,
    and God saved them from their desperate circumstances.
²⁰God gave the order and healed them;
    he rescued them from their pit.
²¹Let them thank the Lord for his faithful love
    and his wondrous works for all people.
²²Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices
    and declare what God has done in songs of joy!