[1] And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request
to him to give them a sign from heaven. [2] But in answer he said to them,
At nightfall you say, The weather will be good, for the sky is red. [3] And
in the morning, The weather will be bad today, for the sky is red and
angry. You are able to see the face of heaven, but not the signs of the
times. [4] An evil and false generation is searching after a sign; and no
sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. And he went away from them.
[5] And when the disciples came to the other side they had not taken
thought to get bread. [6] And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing
to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. [7] And they were
reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread. [8] And Jesus, seeing
it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves,
because you have no bread? [9] Do you still not see, or keep in mind the
five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you
took up? [10] Or the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand, and the
number of baskets you took up? [11] How is it that you do not see that I
was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven
of the Pharisees and Sadducees? [12] Then they saw that it was not the
leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and
Sadducees. [13] Now when Jesus had come into the parts of Caesarea
Philippi, he said, questioning his disciples, Who do men say that the Son
of man is? [14] And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah;
and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. [15] He says to them, But who
do you say that I am? [16] And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are
the Christ, the Son of the living God. [17] And Jesus made answer and said
to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not
come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven. [18] And I
say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based,
and the doors of hell will not overcome it. [19] I will give to you the
keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever is fixed by you on earth will
be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free
in heaven. [20] Then he gave orders to the disciples to give no man word
that he was the Christ. [21] From that time Jesus went on to make clear to
his disciples how he would have to go up to Jerusalem, and undergo much at
the hands of those in authority and the chief priests and scribes, and be
put to death, and the third day come again from the dead. [22] And Peter,
protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that
this will come about. [23] But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my
way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things
of God, but on the things of men. [24] Then Jesus said to his disciples, If
any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross,
and come after me. [25] Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe
will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me,
will have it given back to him. [26] For what profit has a man, if he gets
all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in
exchange for his life? [27] For the Son of man will come in the glory of
his Father with his angels; and then he will give to every man the reward
of his works. [28] Truly I say to you, There are some of those here who
will not have a taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his
kingdom.
