Mark 8:31-38

Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection

31 ¹And he began to teach them that ²the Son of Man must ³suffer many things and ⁴be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and ⁵after three days rise again.

32 And he said this ⁶plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

33 But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, ⁷"Get behind me, Satan! For you ⁸are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."

34 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him ⁹deny himself and ¹⁰take up his cross and follow me.

35 For ¹¹whoever would save his life^[a] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake ¹²and the gospel's will save it.

36 ¹³For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?

37 For ¹⁴what can a man give in return for his soul?

38 For ¹⁵whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this ¹⁶adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed ¹⁷when he comes in the glory of his Father with ¹⁸the holy angels."

Cross References

• 1. For ch. 8:31 - 9:1, see Matthew 16:21-28; Luke 9:22-27
• 2. Mark 10:33; [Luke 13:33]
• 3. Mark 9:30, 31; Matt. 17:12, 22, 23; Luke 24:7
• 4. Luke 17:25; 1 Peter 2:4; [Mark 12:10]
• 5. Mark 10:34; Matthew 27:63; [Matthew 12:40]; See John 2:19
• 6. John 16:25
• 7. [Matthew 4:10]
• 8. Romans 8:5; Philippians 3:19; Colossians 3:2; [Philippians 2:5]
• 9. [2 Timothy 2:12, 13]
• 10. See Matthew 10:38, 39
• 11. [See ver. 34 above]
• 12. Mark 10:29; [1 Corinthians 9:23; 2 Timothy 1:8; Philemon 13]
• 13. [Luke 12:20]
• 14. [Psalms 49:7, 8]
• 15. Romans 1:16; 2 Tim. 1:8, 12, 16; Hebrews 11:16; 1 John 2:28; [Matthew 10:33]
• 16. Isaiah 57:3; Matthew 12:39; James 4:4
• 17. Daniel 7:10, 13; Zechariah 14:5; Matthew 24:30; Matthew 25:31; Matthew 26:64; Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Jude 14; Revelation 1:7; [Deuteronomy 33:2]
• 18. Acts 10:22; Revelation 14:10; [Matthew 13:41; Matthew 16:27]

Footnotes

• [a]. The same Greek word can mean either soul or life, depending on the context; twice in this verse and once in verse 36 and once in verse 37