The Demand for a Sign
1The
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.”