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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Matthew 16 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Matthew 16</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/15.htm" title="Matthew 15">◄</a> Matthew 16 <a href="../matthew/17.htm" title="Matthew 17">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/matthew/16.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">The Demand for a Sign</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He replied, <span class="red">“When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="red">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. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some early manuscripts do not have When evening comes . . . of the times.">a</a></sup></span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="red">A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.”</span> Jesus then left them and went away.</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When they went across the lake, the disciples forgot to take bread. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="red">“Be careful,”</span> Jesus said to them. <span class="red">“Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They discussed this among themselves and said, “It is because we didn’t bring any bread.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked, <span class="red">“You of little faith, why are you talking among yourselves about having no bread?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="red">Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="red">Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="red">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.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, <span class="red">“Who do people say the Son of Man is?”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="red">“But what about you?”</span> he asked. <span class="red">“Who do you say I am?”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Jesus replied, <span class="red">“Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="red">And I tell you that you are Peter, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Greek word for Peter means rock.">b</a></sup></span> and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, the realm of the dead">c</a></sup></span> will not overcome it.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or will have been">d</a></sup></span> bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or will have been">e</a></sup></span> loosed in heaven.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Jesus Predicts His Death</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Jesus turned and said to Peter, <span class="red">“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.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then Jesus said to his disciples, <span class="red">“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="red">For whoever wants to save their life <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Greek word means either life or soul; also in verse 26.">f</a></sup></span> will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="red">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?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="red">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.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="red">“Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”</span></p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotebot">Some early manuscripts do not have <i>When evening comes . . . of the times.</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Greek word for <i>Peter</i> means <i>rock.</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, the realm of the dead</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>will have been</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>will have been</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Greek word means either <i>life</i> or <i>soul</i>; also in verse 26.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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