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22 Peter took Jesus aside and told him not to talk like that. He said, “God save you from those things, Lord! Those things will never happen to you!”

23 Then Jesus said to Peter, “Go away from me, Satan![a] You are not helping me! You don’t care about the things of God, but only about the things people think are important.”

24 Then Jesus said to his followers, “If people want to follow me, they must give up the things they want. They must be willing even to give up their lives to follow me.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:23 Satan Name for the devil, meaning “the enemy.” Jesus means that Peter was talking like Satan.

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