32 And he was speaking openly about the subject, and Peter took him aside and[a] began to rebuke him. 33 But turning around and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan, because you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but the things of people!”

Taking Up One’s Cross to Follow Jesus

34 And summoning the crowd together with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to come[b] after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 8:32 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took … aside”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Mark 8:34 Some manuscripts have “to follow”