NgokukaMathewu 16:21-27

Kusukela lapho, uJesu waqala ukubachazela abafundi bakhe ukuthi kufanele aye eJerusalema, ahlushwe ngokuningi ngamalunga, nabaphristi abakhulu nezazimthetho, abulawe, kepha avuswe ngosuku lwesithathu. UPhethro wagudluka naye, wayeseqala ukumkhuza, ethi: “Phinde, Nkosi, lokho akusoze kwenzeke kuwe.” Kepha uJesu waphenduka wathi kuPhethro: “Buyela emuva kwami, Sathane; uyisikhubekiso kimi, ngokuba awukuqondi okukaNkulunkulu, kepha okwabantu.” UJesu wayesethi kubafundi bakhe: “Uma umuntu ethanda ukuza emuva kwami, makazidele, athabathe isiphambano sakhe, angilandele. Ngokuba yilowo nalowo othanda ukusindisa ukuphila kwakhe, uyakulahlekelwa yikho; kepha olahlekelwa ngukuphila kwakhe ngenxa yami, uyakukufumana. Ngokuba kuyakumsiza ngani umuntu, uma ezuza izwe lonke, kepha alahlekelwe ngukuphila kwakhe na? Yini angayikhipha umuntu, ibe yisihlengo sokuphila kwakhe na? Ngokuba iNdodana yomuntu iyakuza ngenkazimulo kaYise nezingelosi zayo; khona-ke iyakuvuza yilowo nalowo ngesenzo sakhe.