1 When the Pharisees and Sadducees arrived, in order to test Jesus a16:1 Lit. him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. ISV — Matthew 16:1
2 He replied to them, “You say, ‘Red sky at night, what a delight! ISV — Matthew 16:2
3 Red sky in the morning, cloudy and storming.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, yet you can’t interpret the signs of the times? b16:3 Other mss. lack You say. . . the signs of the times? ISV — Matthew 16:3
4 An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away. ( ) ISV — Matthew 16:4
5 When his disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to take any bread along. ISV — Matthew 16:5
6 Jesus told them, “Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!” ISV — Matthew 16:6
7 As they began to discuss this among themselves, they kept saying, “We didn’t bring along any bread.” ISV — Matthew 16:7
8 Knowing this, Jesus asked them, “You who have little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you don’t have any bread? ISV — Matthew 16:8
9 Don’t you understand yet? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the 5,000 and how many baskets you collected, ISV — Matthew 16:9
10 or the seven loaves for the 4,000 and how many baskets you collected? ISV — Matthew 16:10
11 How can you fail to understand that I wasn’t talking to you about bread? Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!” ISV — Matthew 16:11
12 Then they understood that he did not say to beware of the yeast used in bread, c16:12 Other mss. read the loaf of bread but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ( ; ) ISV — Matthew 16:12
13 When Jesus had come to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” ISV — Matthew 16:13
14 They said, “Some say d16:14 The Gk. lacks say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” ISV — Matthew 16:14
15 He asked them, “But who do you say I am?” ISV — Matthew 16:15
16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, e16:16 Or Christ the Son of the living God!” ISV — Matthew 16:16
17 Then Jesus told him, “How blessed you are, Simon son of Jonah, f16:17 Or Simon son of John; Lit. Simon bar Jonah; cf. John 1:42 since flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, though my Father in heaven has. ISV — Matthew 16:17
18 I tell you that you are Peter, g16:18 Lit. Petros and it is on this rock h16:18 Lit. petra that I will build my congregation, i16:18 Or church and the powers of hell j16:18 Lit. the gates of Hades, a reference to the realm of the dead will not conquer it. ISV — Matthew 16:18
19 I will give you the keys to the kingdom from k16:19 Lit. of heaven. Whatever you prohibit on earth will have been prohibited l16:19 Or will be prohibited in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted m16:19 Or will be permitted in heaven.” ISV — Matthew 16:19
20 Then he strictly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah. n16:20 Or Christ ( ; ) ISV — Matthew 16:20
21 From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer a great deal because of the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised. ISV — Matthew 16:21
22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God be merciful to you, Lord! This must never happen to you!” ISV — Matthew 16:22
23 But Jesus o16:23 Lit. he turned and told Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an offense p16:23 Or a hindrance to me, because you are not thinking God’s thoughts but human thoughts!” ISV — Matthew 16:23
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continuously. ISV — Matthew 16:24
25 Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it, ISV — Matthew 16:25
26 because what profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life? ISV — Matthew 16:26
27 The Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay everyone according to what he has done. ISV — Matthew 16:27
28 I tell all of you q16:28 The Gk. pronoun you is pl. with certainty, some people standing here will not experience r16:28 Lit. taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.” ISV — Matthew 16:28