Matthew 16:23

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then Jesus said to Peter, “Get away from me, Satan! You are not helping me! You don’t care about the same things God does. You care only about things that people think are important.”

Cross References

Philippians 3:19

The way they live is leading them to destruction. They have replaced God with their own desires. They do shameful things, and they are proud of what they do. They think only about earthly things.

Colossians 3:2

Think only about what is up there, not what is here on earth.

Mark 8:33

But Jesus turned and looked at his followers. Then he criticized Peter. He said to Peter, “Get away from me, Satan! You don’t care about the same things God does. You care only about things that people think are important.”

Matthew 4:10

Jesus said to him, “Get away from me, Satan! The Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God. Serve only him!’” Deuteronomy 6:13

John 6:70

Then Jesus answered, “I chose all twelve of you. But one of you is a devil.”

Luke 4:8

Jesus answered, “The Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God. Serve only him.’” Deuteronomy 6:13

Genesis 3:17

Then God said to the man, “I commanded you not to eat from that tree. But you listened to your wife and ate from it. So I will curse the ground because of you. You will have to work hard all your life for the food the ground produces.

Romans 14:13

So we should stop judging each other. Let’s decide not to do anything that will cause a problem for a brother or sister or hurt their faith.

1 Chronicles 21:1

Satan was against the Israelites. He encouraged David to count the Israelites.

2 Samuel 19:22

David said, “What should I do with you, sons of Zeruiah? Are you trying to cause me trouble? No one will be put to death in Israel today! Today I know that I am king over Israel.”

Isaiah 8:14

If you people would respect him, he would be a safe place for you. But you don’t respect him, so he is like a stone that you stumble over. He is a rock that makes both families of Israel fall. He has become a trap that all the people of Jerusalem will fall into.

Romans 14:21

It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything else that hurts the faith of your brother or sister.

Matthew 18:7

I feel sorry for the people in the world because of the things that make people sin. These things must happen, but it will be very bad for anyone who causes them to happen.

Matthew 16:22

Peter took Jesus away from the other followers to talk to him alone. He began to criticize him. He said, “God save you from those sufferings, Lord! That will never happen to you!”