Friday, September 11, 2009

Mark 8:27-38 (NRSV)

Read Mark 8:27-38 on biblegateway.com

Verse ²⁷Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" Verse ²⁸And they answered him, "John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets." Verse ²⁹He asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Messiah." Verse ³⁰And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him.

Verse ³¹Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. Verse ³²He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. Verse ³³But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things."

Verse ³⁴He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. Verse ³⁵For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. Verse ³⁶For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? Verse ³⁷Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? Verse ³⁸Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."