Matthew 16
The Demand for a Sign
The Pharisees and
Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from
heaven. But he answered
them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair
weather, for the sky is red.' In the morning, 'It will be foul
weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know
how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can't discern the signs
of the times! An evil and
adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given
to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah."
He left them, and departed.
The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees
The disciples came to the other
side and had forgotten to take bread. Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and
Sadducees."
They reasoned among
themselves, saying, "We brought no bread."
Jesus, perceiving it,
said, "Why do you reason among yourselves, you of
little faith, 'because you have brought no bread?' Don't you yet perceive, neither
remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you
took up? Nor the seven
loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up? How is it that you don't
perceive that I didn't speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the
yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Then they understood
that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the
teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Peter's Confession of Christ
Now when Jesus came into the
parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?"
They said, "Some
say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the
prophets."
He said to them,
"But who do you say that I am?"
Simon Peter answered,
"You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
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.
I also tell you that you
are Peter, and on this rock I will
build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not
prevail against it. I
will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind
on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth
will have been released in heaven." Then he charged the disciples
that they should tell no one that he is Jesus the Christ.
Jesus Predicts His Death
From that time, Jesus began to
show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things
from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third
day be raised up.
Peter took him aside,
and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This will
never be done to you."
But he turned, and
said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a
stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of
God, but on the things of men." Then Jesus said to his
disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let
him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever desires to save his
life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find
it. For what will it
profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what
will a man give in exchange for his life? For the Son of Man will come in
the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to
everyone according to his deeds. Most certainly I tell you, there
are some standing here who will in no way taste of death, until they see
the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom."
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