Luke 22:31

The Passion Translation

“Peter, my dear friend, listen to what I’m about to tell you. Satan has obtained permission to come and sift you all like wheat and test your faith.

Cross References

Isaiah 28:28

Grain is crushed and milled for bread, but it is not threshed endlessly. One drives the wagon’s wheels over it, but his horses’ hooves do not pulverize it.

Matthew 26:30

Then they sang a psalm and left for the Mount of Olives.

Matthew 4:10

But Jesus said, “Go away, Satan! For the Scriptures say: Kneel before the Lord your God and worship only him.”

Luke 10:41

The Lord answered her, “Martha, my beloved Martha. Why are you upset and troubled, pulled away by all these many distractions?

Acts 9:4

Falling to the ground, he heard a booming voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

1 Corinthians 5:5

release this man over to Satan for the destruction of his rebellious flesh, in hope that his spirit may be rescued and restored in the day of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 2:11

so that we would not be exploited by the adversary, Satan, for we know his clever schemes.

1 Peter 5:8

Be well balanced and always alert, because your enemy, the devil, roams around incessantly, like a roaring lion looking for its prey to devour.

Revelation 12:10

Then I heard a triumphant voice in heaven proclaiming: “Now salvation and power are set in place, and the kingdom reign of our God and the ruling authority of his Anointed One are established. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who relentlessly accused them day and night before our God, has now been defeated—cast out once and for all!