Matthew 16
1Then the Pharisees and Sadducees approached, and to test him, they requested that he show them a sign from the sky. 2But he answered them, “When evening comes, you say, ‘Fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 3And in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to discern the face of the sky, yet you cannot discern the signs of the appointed times? 4An evil and unfaithful generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them behind and went away.
5When the disciples went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, they forgot to bring bread. 6Jesus said to them, “Watch out and be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 7They began debating among themselves, saying, “It is because we didn’t bring any bread.”
8Aware of this, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves 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 large hampers you gathered? 11How can you not perceive that I was not speaking to you about bread? Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 12Then they understood that he did not tell them to be on guard against the leaven used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
13When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he questioned his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
14They said, “Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
15He said to them, “But you—who do you say that I am?”
16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the Living God.”
17Jesus replied to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father who is in the heavens. 18and I also tell you that you are Peter—the Rock—and upon this bedrock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. 19I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of the Heavens; whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in the heavens, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in the heavens.” 20Then he strictly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
21From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scholars of the Law, and to be killed, and on the third day to be raised. 22Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God be merciful to you, Lord! This must never happen to you!”
23But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not thinking God’s thoughts, but the thoughts of humans.”
24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. 25For whoever wants to save his life-soul will lose it, but whoever loses his life-soul for my sake will find it. 26For what will it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life-soul? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life-soul? 27For 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 their conduct. 28Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”