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Matthew 16:21

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

From that moment on, Jesus started telling his disciples the hard truth: he had to go to Jerusalem, where the religious leaders and teachers would make him suffer, kill him, and then on the third day he'd come back to life.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Jesus began preparing his friends for the hardest goodbye that would actually become the greatest comeback.

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