CHAPTER 16
Then
the
Pharisees
and
Sadducees
came
and tested Jesus
by asking
Him
to show
them
a sign
from
heaven.
and
in the morning,
‘Today
it will be stormy,
for
the
sky
is red
and overcast.’
You know how
to interpret
the
appearance
of the
sky,
but
not
the
signs
of the
times!
A wicked
and
adulterous
generation
demands
a sign,
but
none
will be given
it
except
the
sign
of Jonah.”
Then
He left
them
and went away.
Aware of their conversation,
Jesus
said,
“You of little faith,
why
are you talking
among
yourselves
about
having
no
bread?
Do you still not understand?
Do you not remember
the
five
loaves
for the
five thousand,
and
how many
basketfuls
you gathered?
How
can you not understand
that
I was not telling you
about
bread?
But
beware
of
the
yeast
of the
Pharisees
and
Sadducees.”
Then
they understood
that
He was not telling them
to beware
of
the
yeast
used in
bread,
but
of
the
teaching
of the
Pharisees
and
Sadducees.
When
Jesus
came
to
the
region
of Caesarea
Philippi,
He questioned
His
disciples:
“Who
do people
say
the
Son
of
Man
is?”
They replied,
“Some
say
John
the
Baptist;
others say
Elijah;
and still
others,
Jeremiah
or
one
of the
prophets.”
Jesus
replied,
“Blessed
are you,
Simon
son of Jonah!
For this
was not revealed
to you
by flesh
and
blood,
but by
My
Father
in
heaven.
And
I
tell
you
that
you
are
Peter,
and
on
this
rock
I will build
My
church,
and
the gates
of Hades
will not prevail against
it.
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."
From
that time on
Jesus
began
to show
His
disciples
that
He must
go
to
Jerusalem
and
suffer
many things
at the hands of
the
elders,
chief priests,
and
scribes,
and
that He must be killed
and
on the
third
day
be raised to life.
Peter
took Him aside
and began
to rebuke
Him.
“Far be it
from You,
Lord!”
he said.
“This
shall never
happen
to You!”
But
Jesus turned
and said
to Peter,
“Get
behind
Me,
Satan!
You are
a stumbling block
to Me.
For
you do not have in mind
the things
of God,
but
the
things
of men.”
Then
Jesus
told
His
disciples,
“If
anyone
would
come
after
Me,
he must deny
himself
and
take up
his
cross
and
follow
Me.
For
whoever
wants
to save
his
life
will lose
it,
but
whoever
loses
his
life
for My sake
will find
it.
What
will it profit
a man
if
he gains
the
whole
world,
yet
forfeits
his
soul?
Or
what
can a man
give
in exchange for
his
soul?
For
the
Son
of
Man
will
come
in
His
Father’s
glory
with
His
angels,
and
then
He will repay
each one
according to
what he
has done.
Truly
I tell
you,
some
who
are
standing
here
will not taste
death
until
they see
the
Son
of Man
coming
in
His
kingdom.”