Matthew 16
1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came up and, to test him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
2 He replied, “In the evening you say, ‘The weather will be fair, because the sky is red’;
3 and in the morning, ‘There will be a storm today, because the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to read the appearance of the sky, but can’t you read the signs of the times?
4 An evil and unfaithful generation looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.
5 When the disciples crossed to the other side, they had forgotten to bring bread.
6 Jesus said to them, “Watch out and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
7 They were discussing it among themselves, saying, “We didn’t bring any bread.”
8 Jesus realized this and said, “Why are you discussing among yourselves that you have no bread, you of little faith?
9 Don’t you understand yet? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you collected?
10 Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you collected?
11 How can you not understand that I wasn’t talking to you about bread? Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
12 Then they understood that he hadn’t told them to beware of the yeast in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
13 Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi and asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
14 They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
15 He said to them, “And you, who do you say I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus replied to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven.
18 And I also tell you: you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
19 I 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.”
20 Then he warned the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.
21 From then on, Jesus Christ began to show his disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem, suffer greatly at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and teachers of the law, be killed, and be raised on the third day.
22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “May this never happen, Lord! This will never happen to you.”
23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you have in mind the things of God, but the things of people.”
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
26 For what good will it do someone to gain the whole world and lose his life? Or what can anyone give in exchange for his life?
27 For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
28 Truly I tell you, some of those standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
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