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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 Lamsa Bible</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="../">Lamsa</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>AND the Pharisees and Sadducees came up to him to tempt him; and they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>But he answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, It is clear, for the sky is red. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>And in the morning you say, It is a winter day, for the sky is red and cloudy. O hypocrites, you know how to judge the face of the sky, but the signs of the present time you are not able to distinguish. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>A wicked and adulterous generation wants a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah. And he left them and went away.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>When his disciples came to the crossing place, they had forgotten to take bread with them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>He said to them, Look out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>And they were reasoning among themselves and saying, It is because we have not brought bread. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>But Jesus knew it and said to them, What are you thinking among yourselves, O you of little faith; is it because you have not brought bread? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>Do you not yet understand? Do you not remember the five loaves of bread of the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>Neither the seven loaves of bread of the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>How is it that you did not understand that I was not talking to you about the bread, but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>Then they understood, that he did not say that they should beware of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>When Jesus came to the country of Caesarea of Philippi, he asked his disciples saying, What do the men say concerning me, that I am merely a son of man? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>They said, There are some who say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah, or one of the prophets: <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>He said to them, Who do you say that I am? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but my Father in heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>I tell you also that you are a stone, and upon this stone I will build my church; and the doors of Sheol shall not shut in on it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>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 release on earth shall be released in heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>Then he charged his disciples not to tell any man that he is the Christ.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>From that time Jesus began to make known to his disciples, that he will shortly have to go to Jerusalem, and suffer a great deal from the elders, and the high priests and scribes, and be killed, and rise up on the third day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, and he said, Far be it from you, my Lord, that this should happen to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-23.htm#aramaic"><b>23</b></a></span>But he turned, and said to Peter, Get behind me, Satan, you are a stumbling-block to me; for you are not thinking of the things of God, but of men.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-24.htm#aramaic"><b>24</b></a></span>Then Jesus said to his disciples, He who wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-25.htm#aramaic"><b>25</b></a></span>For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake shall find it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-26.htm#aramaic"><b>26</b></a></span>For how will a man be benefited, if he should gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-27.htm#aramaic"><b>27</b></a></span>For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his holy angels; and then he will reward each man according to his works.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/16-28.htm#aramaic"><b>28</b></a></span>Truly I say to you, There are men who stand here, who will not taste death, until they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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