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He then began to teach them that the Son of Man\\xa0must suffer many things\\xa0and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law,\\xa0and that he must be killed\\xa0and after three days\\xa0rise again.\\xa032\\xa0He spoke plainly\\xa0about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.33\\xa0But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter.\\xa0\\u201cGet behind me, Satan!\\u201d\\xa0he said.\\xa0\\u201cYou do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.\\u201d 34\\xa0Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said:\\xa0\\u201cWhoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.\\xa035\\xa0For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.\\xa036\\xa0What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?\\xa037\\xa0Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?\\xa038\\xa0If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man\\xa0will be ashamed of them\\xa0when he comes\\xa0in his Father\\u2019s glory with the holy angels.\\u201d Mark 8:31-37 (NIV)

You adulterous\\xa0people,\\xa0don\\u2019t you know that friendship with the world\\xa0means enmity against God?\\xa0Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.\\xa05\\xa0Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?\\xa06\\xa0But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: \\u201cGod opposes the proud\\xa0but shows favor to the humble.\\u201d 7\\xa0Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil,\\xa0and he will flee from you.8\\xa0Come near to God and he will come near to you.\\xa0Wash your hands,\\xa0you sinners, and purify your hearts,\\xa0you double-minded.\\xa09\\xa0Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.\\xa010\\xa0Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. James 4:4-10 (NIV)

Then Jesus came to them and said,\\xa0\\u201cAll authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.\\xa019\\xa0Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,\\xa0baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,\\xa020\\xa0and teaching\\xa0them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you\\xa0always, to the very end of the age.\\u201d Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV)