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I'm telling you the very truth now: When you were young you dressed yourself and went wherever you wished, but when you get old you'll have to stretch out your hands while someone else dresses you and takes you where you don't want to go."
19
He said this to hint at the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. And then he commanded, "Follow me."
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