Matthew 16:25
Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but the one who loses his life for my sake will find it.
Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but the one who loses his life for my sake will find it.
Conditions for Being a Disciple Then Jesus told his disciples: “If you want to follow me, deny yourself. Take up your cross and follow me.
But he turned and said to Peter: “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my path. You are thinking not as God does, but as people do.”
Then Peter pulled him aside and started to reproach him: “Never, Lord! No, this must never happen to you!”
First Announcement of the Passion and Resurrection From that day, Jesus began to make it clear to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, that he would suffer many things at the hands of the Jewish authorities, the chief priests, and the teachers of the law, and that he would be killed and be
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you unbind on earth shall be unbound in heaven.”
And now I say to you: You are Peter, and on this Rock, I will build my Church; and never will the powers of death overcome it.
Jesus replied: “It is fortunate for you, Simon Barjona, because it is not flesh and blood that has revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven.