Matthew 16
The
Demand for a Sign
“The
Pharisees and Sadducees came to JESUS and tested HIM by asking HIM to show
them a sign from heaven.
2 HE replied, ‘When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather,
for the sky is red,’
3 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 you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
4 A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign,
but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.’ JESUS then left them and went away.
The
Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees
5 When they went across the lake,
the disciples forgot to take bread.
6 ‘Be careful,’ JESUS
said to them. ‘Be on
your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’
7 They discussed this among
themselves and said, ‘It is because we didn’t bring any bread.’
8 Aware of their discussion, JESUS asked, ‘You of little faith, why are you talking among
yourselves about having no bread?
9 Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the
five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
10 Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many
basketfuls you gathered?
11 How is it you don’t understand that I was not talking
to you about bread? But be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and
Sadducees.’
12 Then they understood that HE was
not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the
teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Peter
Declares That JESUS Is THE MESSIAH
13 When JESUS came to the region of Caesarea
Philippi, HE asked HIS disciples, ‘Who do people say THE SON OF MAN is?’
14 They replied, ‘Some say John the
Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the
prophets.’
15 ‘But what about you?’ HE asked. ‘WHO do you say I am?’
16 Simon Peter answered, ‘YOU are THE MESSIAH, THE SON OF THE
LIVING GOD.’
17 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.
18 And I tell you that 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 ordered HIS disciples not
to tell anyone that he was THE MESSIAH.
Jesus
Predicts His Death
21 From that time on JESUS began to
explain to HIS disciples that HE must go to Jerusalem and suffer many
things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of
the law, and that HE must be killed and on the third day be
raised to life.
22 Peter took HIM aside and began to
rebuke HIM. ‘Never, LORD!
‘he said. ‘This shall never happen to YOU!’
23 JESUS
turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind ME, Satan! You are a stumbling block to ME; you
do not have in mind the concerns of GOD, but merely human concerns.’
24 Then JESUS said to HIS disciples, ‘Whoever wants to be MY disciple must deny themselves
and take up their cross and follow ME.
25 For whoever wants to save their life will
lose it, but whoever loses their life for ME will find it.
26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole
world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their
soul?
27 For THE SON OF MAN is GOING TO COME IN HIS FATHER’S GLORY WITH HIS ANGELS,
and then HE WILL
REWARD EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
28 ‘Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not
taste death before they see THE SON OF MAN coming in HIS kingdom.”
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