And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked
him to show them a sign from heaven. He answered them, “When it is
evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’
And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red
and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the
sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. An evil and
adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given
to it except the sign of Jonah.” So he left them and departed.
When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to
bring any bread. Jesus said to them, “Watch and beware of the
leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” And they began discussing
it among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.” But Jesus,
aware of this, said, “O you of little faith, why are you discussing
among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet
perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five
thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? Or the seven loaves
for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? How is it
that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread?
Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” Then they
understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of
bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he
asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and
others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who
do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ,
the Son of the living God.” And 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. And I tell you, you are Peter,
and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the
kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was
the Christ.
From 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 on the third day be raised.
And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be
it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.” But he turned
and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to
me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on
the things of man.”
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me,
let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For
whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his
life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he
gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man
give in return for his soul? For the Son of Man is going to come
with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay
each person according to what he has done. Truly, I say to you,
there are some standing here who will not taste death until they
see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
