Matthew 16

¹Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came [and] tested [Jesus] by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.

²But He replied, “When evening comes, you say,‘ The weather [will be] fair, for the sky is red,’

³and in the morning,‘ Today [it will be] stormy, for the sky is red [and] overcast.’ You know [how] to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.

⁴[A] wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. Then He left them [and] went away.

⁵When they crossed to the other side, the disciples forgot to take bread.

⁶“Watch out! Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

⁷They discussed this among themselves [and] concluded, “[It is] because we did not bring [any] bread.”

⁸Aware [of their conversation], Jesus said, “[You] of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread?

⁹Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?

¹⁰[Or] the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?

¹¹How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

¹²Then they understood that He was not telling [them] to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

¹³When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, He questioned His disciples: “Who {do} people say the Son of Man is?

¹⁴They replied, “Some [say] John the Baptist; others [say] Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

¹⁵“But [what about] you? [Jesus] asked. “Who do you say I am?

¹⁶Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

¹⁷Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For [this] was not revealed to you {by} flesh and blood, but [by] My Father in heaven.

¹⁸And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and [the] gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

¹⁹I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

²⁰Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ.

²¹From that time [on] Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

²²Peter took Him aside [and] began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This {shall} never happen to You!”

²³But [Jesus] turned [and] said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.

²⁴Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

²⁵For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

²⁶What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what {can} a man give in exchange for his soul?

²⁷For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.

²⁸Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”