Matthew 16:21-28

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Jesus Predicts His Death^(A)

²¹From 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)

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

²³Jesus 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.”

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

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.”

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Footnotes

Matthew 16:25 The Greek word means either life or soul; also in verse 26.

Psalm 38:12-22

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¹²Those who want to kill me set their traps,^(A)
those who would harm me talk of my ruin;^(B)
all day long they scheme and lie.^(C)

¹³I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,^(D)
    like the mute, who cannot speak;
¹⁴I have become like one who does not hear,
    whose mouth can offer no reply.
¹⁵Lord, I wait^(E) for you;
    you will answer,^(F) Lord my God.
¹⁶For I said, “Do not let them gloat^(G)
    or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”^(H)

¹⁷For I am about to fall,^(I)
    and my pain^(J) is ever with me.
¹⁸I confess my iniquity;^(K)
    I am troubled by my sin.
¹⁹Many have become my enemies^(L) without cause^[a];
    those who hate me^(M) without reason^(N) are numerous.
²⁰Those who repay my good with evil^(O)
    lodge accusations^(P) against me,
    though I seek only to do what is good.