Jesus Predicts His Death and Calls Disciples to Take Up the Cross
Mark 8:31-9:1
31And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.32And he was speaking the word with boldness. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.33But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, Get behind me, Satan, because you are not thinking the things of God but the things of men.34And summoning the crowd together with his disciples, he said to them, If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel will save it.36For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?37For what can a man give in exchange for his life?38For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Chapter 9
1And he said to them, Truly I say to you that there are some standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the kingdom of God having come with power.