The Gospel

A reading from the holy gospel according to Mark

Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” They said in reply, “John the Baptist, others Elijah still others one of the prophets.” And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said to him in reply, “You are the Christ.” Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him. He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and rise after three days. He spoke this openly. Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. At this he turned around and, looking at his disciples, rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” He summoned the crowd with his disciple and said to them, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.”

EVANGILE DE JESUS CHRIST SELON ST. MARK

Jésus s’en alla, avec ses disciples, dans les villages de Césarée de Philippe, et il leur posa en chemin cette question: Qui dit-on que je suis? Ils répondirent: Jean Baptiste; les autres, Élie, les autres, l’un des prophètes. Et vous, leur demanda-t-il, qui dites-vous que je suis? Pierre lui répondit: Tu es le Christ. Jésus leur recommanda sévèrement de ne dire cela de lui à personne. Alors il commença à leur apprendre qu’il fallait que le Fils de l’homme souffrît beaucoup, qu’il fût rejeté par les anciens, par les principaux sacrificateurs et par les scribes, qu’il fût mis à mort, et qu’il ressuscitât trois jours après. Il leur disait ces choses ouvertement. Et Pierre, l’ayant pris à part, se mit à le reprendre. Mais Jésus, se retournant et regardant ses disciples, réprimanda Pierre, et dit: Arrière de moi, Satan! car tu ne conçois pas les choses de Dieu, tu n’as que des pensées humaines. Puis, ayant appelé la foule avec ses disciples, il leur dit: Si quelqu’un veut venir après moi, qu’il renonce à lui-même, qu’il se charge de sa croix, et qu’il me suive. Car celui qui voudra sauver sa vie la perdra, mais celui qui perdra sa vie à cause de moi et de la bonne nouvelle la sauvera.