Matthew 16

¹The Pharisees and Sadducees approached, and testing him, they asked him to display a sign from heaven for them.

²He answered them, "When evening comes, you say, 'Fair weather—for the sky is red.' ³And in the morning, 'Stormy weather today—for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to read the face of the sky, but you cannot read the signs of the times. ⁴An evil and unfaithful generation demands a sign, yet no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." And leaving them behind, he departed.

⁵When the disciples crossed to the other side, they had forgotten to bring bread. ⁶Jesus said to them, "Watch out—beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." ⁷They discussed this among themselves, saying, "It is because we did not bring bread." ⁸But Jesus, knowing this, said, "Why are you discussing among yourselves, you of little faith, that you have no bread? ⁹Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you collected? ¹⁰Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many large baskets you collected? ¹¹How can you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." ¹²Then they understood that he had not told them to beware of the leaven in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

¹³When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?" ¹⁴They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." ¹⁵He said to them, "But you—who do you say I am?" ¹⁶Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."

¹⁷Jesus answered 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 tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of the realm of the dead will not overpower it. ¹⁹I will give you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven." ²⁰Then he strictly ordered the disciples to tell no one that he is the Messiah.

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 be raised on the third day. ²²Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, "God forbid, Lord! This will never happen to you." ²³But turning, he said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not thinking God's thoughts but human thoughts."

²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him renounce 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. ²⁶For what will a person gain if he acquires the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life? 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 what they have done. 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."