Matthew 16:23

New English Translation

But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:17

But to Adam he said, “Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

2 Samuel 19:22

But David said, “What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? You are like my enemy today! Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t you realize that today I am king over Israel?”

1 Chronicles 21:1

An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had.

Isaiah 8:14

He will become a sanctuary, but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble – to the two houses of Israel. He will become a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem.

Matthew 16:22

So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him: “God forbid, Lord! This must not happen to you!”

Matthew 18:7

Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”

Mark 8:33

But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”

Luke 4:8

Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”

John 6:70

Jesus replied, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is the devil?”

Romans 14:13

Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.

Romans 14:21

It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.

Colossians 3:2

Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,