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Once
when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him,
he asked them, "Who do the crowds say I am?"
They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah;
and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come
back to life."
"But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I
am?"
Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. And he
said, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected
by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and he must
be killed and on the third day be raised to life."
Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he
must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For
whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his
life for me will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the
whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self? If anyone is
ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him
when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of
the holy angels. I tell you the truth, some who are standing here
will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God."
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