Matthew 16:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me, for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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 men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ But Jesus turned away from Peter and said to him, Get behind Me, Satan! You are in My way [an offense and a hindrance and a snare to Me]; for you are minding what partakes not of the nature and quality of God, but of men.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.

Common English Bible

²³ But he turned to Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan. You are a stone that could make me stumble, for you are not thinking God’s thoughts but human thoughts.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And turning away, Jesus said to Peter: "Get behind me, Satan; you are an obstacle to me. For you are not behaving according to what is of God, but according to what is of men."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ Who turning, said to Peter: Go behind me, Satan, thou art a scandal unto me: because thou savourest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.

Matthew 16:23 Cross References

Genesis 3:17

And to the man he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

2 Samuel 19:22

But David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should today become an adversary to me? Shall anyone be put to death in Israel this day? For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?”

1 Chronicles 21:1

Satan stood up against Israel and incited David to count the people of Israel.

Isaiah 8:14

He will become a sanctuary, a stone one strikes against; for both houses of Israel he will become a rock one stumbles over, a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Matthew 16:22

And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you.”

Matthew 18:7

Woe to the world because of things that cause sin! Such things are bound to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’ ”

Mark 8:33

But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.”

Luke 4:8

Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’ ”

John 6:70

Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.”

Romans 14:13

Let us therefore no longer pass judgment on one another, but resolve instead never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother or sister.

Romans 14:21

it is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother or sister stumble.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things.

Colossians 3:2

Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth,