Matthew 16

¹And the Pharisees and Sadducees came , and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven .

²He answered them , When it is evening , you say , It will be fair weather , for the sky is red .

³And in the morning , It will be stormy today , for the sky is red and threatening . You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky , but you cannot interpret the signs of the times .

⁴An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign , but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah . So he left them and departed .

⁵When the disciples reached the other side , they had forgotten to bring any bread .

⁶Jesus said to them , Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees .

⁷And they began discussing it among themselves , saying , We brought no bread .

⁸But Jesus , aware of this, said , O you of little faith , why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread ?

⁹Do you not yet perceive ? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand , and how many baskets you gathered ?

¹⁰Or the seven loaves for the four thousand , and how many baskets you gathered ?

¹¹How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread ? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees .

¹²Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread , but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees .

¹³Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi , he asked his disciples , Who do people say that the Son of Man is ?

¹⁴And they said , Some say John the Baptist , others Elijah , and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets .

¹⁵He said to them , But who do you say that I am ?

¹⁶Simon Peter replied , You are the Christ , the Son of the living God .

¹⁷And Jesus answered him , Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah ! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you , but my Father who is in heaven .

¹⁸And I tell you , you are Peter , and on this rock I will build my church , and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it .

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

²⁰Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ .

²¹From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes , and be killed , and on the third day be raised .

²²And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him , saying , Far be it from you , Lord ! This shall never happen to you .

²³But he turned and said to Peter , Get behind me , Satan ! You are a hindrance to me . For you are not setting your mind on the things of God , but on the things of man .

²⁴Then Jesus told his disciples , If anyone would come after me , let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me .

²⁵For whoever would save his life will lose it , but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it .

²⁶For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul ? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul ?

²⁷For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father , and then he will repay each person according to what he has done .

²⁸Truly , I say to you , there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom .