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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 ESV</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="../">ESV</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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/matthew/16.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Pharisees and Sadducees Demand Signs</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He answered them,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts omit the following words to the end of verse 3">a</a></sup></span> <span class="woc">“When it is evening, 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="woc">And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="woc">An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.”</span> So he left them and departed.</p> <p class="heading">The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Jesus said to them, <span class="woc">“Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And they began discussing it among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But Jesus, aware of this, said, <span class="woc">“O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="woc">Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="woc">Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="woc">How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven 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 did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.</p> <p class="heading">Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, <span class="woc">“Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He said to them, <span class="woc">“But who do you say that I am?”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Jesus answered him, <span class="woc">“Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="woc">And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Greek words for Peter and rock sound similar">b</a></sup></span> I will build my church, and the gates of hell<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek the gates of Hades">c</a></sup></span> shall not prevail against it.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="woc">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 loose on earth shall be loosed<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or shall have been bound... shall have been loosed">d</a></sup></span> in heaven.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.</p> <p class="heading">Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord!<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or [May God be] merciful to you, Lord!">e</a></sup></span> This shall never happen to you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But he turned and said to Peter, <span class="woc">“Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek stumbling block">f</a></sup></span> to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then Jesus told his disciples, <span class="woc">“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="woc">For whoever would save his life<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The same Greek word can mean either soul or life, depending on the context; twice in this verse and twice in verse 26">g</a></sup></span> will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="woc">For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="woc">For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="woc">Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Some manuscripts omit the following words to the end of verse 3<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> The Greek words for <i class="catch-word">Peter</i> and <i class="catch-word">rock</i> sound similar<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Greek <i><span class="catch-word">the gates of</span> Hades</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">shall</span> have been bound... shall have been loosed</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Or "[May God be] <i>merciful to you, Lord!"</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> Greek <i>stumbling block</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> The same Greek word can mean either <i>soul</i> or <i class="catch-word">life</i>, depending on the context; twice in this verse and twice in verse 26<br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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