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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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/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="/bmc//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="/matthew/">Matthew</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/matthew/16.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/matthew/16.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/matthew/16.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/matthew/16.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/matthew/16.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/matthew/16.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Demand for a Sign<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/8.htm#11">Mark 8:11–13</a>; <a href ="../luke/12.htm#54">Luke 12:54–56</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. <A name="3"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But He replied, <span class="red">“When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red,’ <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>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 not the signs of the times.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.”</span> Then He left them and went away. <A name="6"></a><p class="hdg">The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/8.htm#14">Mark 8:14–21</a>; <a href ="../luke/12.htm">Luke 12:1–3</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When they crossed to the other side, the disciples forgot to take bread. <A name="7"></a><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Watch out!”</span> Jesus told them. <span class="red">“Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”</span> <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They discussed this among themselves and concluded, “It is because we did not bring any bread.” <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Aware of their conversation, Jesus said, <span class="red">“You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread? <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”</span> <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Peter’s Confession of Christ<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/8.htm#27">Mark 8:27–30</a>; <a href ="../luke/9.htm#18">Luke 9:18–20</a>; <a href ="../john/6.htm#67">John 6:67–71</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, He questioned His disciples: <span class="red">“Who do people say the Son of Man is?”</span> <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/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.” <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“But what about you?”</span> Jesus asked. <span class="red">“Who do you say I am?”</span> <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Jesus replied, <span class="red">“Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah!<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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.”</span> <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ. <A name="22"></a><p class="hdg">Christ’s Passion Foretold<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/8.htm#31">Mark 8:31–33</a>; <a href ="../luke/9.htm#21">Luke 9:21–22</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>From that time on Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!” <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But Jesus turned and said to Peter, <span class="red">“Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”</span> <A name="25"></a><p class="hdg">Take Up Your Cross<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/8.htm#34">Mark 8:34–38</a>; <a href ="../luke/9.htm#23">Luke 9:23–27</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then Jesus told His disciples, <span class="red">“If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.</span> <p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/16-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Several manuscripts do not include <i>When evening comes... of the times.</i><span class="thin"> </span> from verses 2 and 3.<br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Greek <i>Simon Bar-Jonah</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> NE and WH <i>Jesus Christ</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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