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Matthew 16:23

But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you do not care for the things of God, but for the things of people.”

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In The King James Version

But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

In Context

22Then Peter took him aside and rebuked him, saying, “May this be far from you, Lord; may this never happen to you.”

24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:17To Adam he said, 1 “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, 1 and have eaten from the tree, concerning which I commanded you, 1 saying, 'You may not eat from it,' 1 cursed is the ground because of you; 1 through painful work you will eat from it all the days of your life. 1

1 Chronicles 21:1An adversary arose against Israel and incited David to count Israel.

Zechariah 3:1Then Yahweh showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh and Satan was standing at his right hand to accuse him of sin.

Matthew 18:7Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! For it is necessary that those stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom those stumbling blocks come!

Luke 4:8But Jesus answered and said to him, “It is written, 'You will worship the Lord your God, and you will serve only him.'”

Romans 8:5Those who live according to the flesh pay attention to the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit pay attention to the things of the Spirit.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 16:22-24

Christ Reproves Peter. 21 From that time forth began Jesus to show unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. 22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of… Read the whole commentary →

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