NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 24

Matthew 16:24

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Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

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Matthew 16:21–27

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From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

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Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”

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But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.”

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Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

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For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

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For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

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For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will give to everyone according to his deeds.

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