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1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, [It will be] fair weather: for the sky is red. 3 And in the morning, [It will be] foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O [ye] hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not [discern] the signs of the times? 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. 5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

6 ¶ Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, [It is] because we have taken no bread. 8 [Which] when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? 9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? 12 Then understood they how that he bade [them] not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

13 ¶ When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14 And they said, Some [say that thou art] John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed [it] unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

21 ¶ From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. 22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

24 ¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. 28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

People & places in this chapter

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People

  • Jonah

    Father of Simon Peter

    The father of Simon Peter, named Jonah in Matthew 16:17 and John in John 1:42 and 21:15.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 16:17; John 1:42; John 21:15

  • Peter

    Apostle, brother of Andrew

    Simon, whom Jesus named Peter (Cephas), a fisherman from Bethsaida and the first listed of the Twelve, who confessed Jesus as Christ, denied him three times, and was told to feed…

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:2; Matthew 16:17; Mark 3:16

Places

  • Caesarea Philippi

    Today: Golan Heights (base of Mount Hermon)

    Caesarea Philippi (Banias) sat at the northern edge of the land by a spring of the Jordan and a shrine to Pan. Here Peter made his great confession of Jesus as Messiah.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 16:13; Mark 8:27

Cross references (28)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Luke 11:16; Acts 4:1; Matthew 16:6; John 8:6; 1 Corinthians 1:22
  2. 2 Luke 12:54–56
  3. 3 Luke 12:56; 1 Chronicles 12:32; Luke 13:15; Matthew 11:5; Matthew 23:13
  4. 4 Luke 11:29–30; Matthew 12:39–40; Jonah 1:17; Mark 8:12; Mark 8:38
  5. 5 Mark 8:13–14; Matthew 15:39
  6. 6 Luke 12:1; Matthew 16:12; Galatians 5:9; Leviticus 2:11; 1 Corinthians 5:6–8
  7. 7 Mark 8:16–18; Luke 9:46; Acts 10:14; Matthew 15:16–18; Mark 9:10
  8. 8 Matthew 6:30; Matthew 8:26; Matthew 14:31; Mark 16:14; John 2:24–25
  9. 9 Matthew 14:17–21; John 6:9–13; Luke 9:13–17; Mark 6:38–44; Matthew 15:16–17
  10. 10 Matthew 15:34–38; Mark 8:17–21; Mark 8:5–9
  11. 11 Mark 8:21; Mark 4:40; Matthew 16:6; Luke 12:56; John 8:43
  12. 12 Matthew 5:20; Acts 23:8; Matthew 23:13–28; Matthew 15:4–9
  13. 13 Luke 9:18–20; Mark 8:27–29; Daniel 7:13; John 5:27; Matthew 9:6
  14. 14 Mark 6:15; Matthew 14:2; Malachi 4:5; John 9:17; Luke 9:18–19
  15. 15 Luke 9:20; Mark 8:29; Matthew 13:11
  16. 16 John 11:27; Matthew 14:33; 1 John 4:15; Matthew 27:54; 1 Timothy 4:10
  17. 17 John 6:45; Ephesians 1:17–18; Matthew 11:25–27; Galatians 1:16; 1 John 5:20
  18. 18 Ephesians 2:19–22; 1 Corinthians 3:9–11; Isaiah 28:16; Colossians 1:18; Psalm 125:1–2
  19. 19 Matthew 18:18; Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 1:18; John 20:23; Revelation 3:7
  20. 20 Mark 8:30; Luke 9:21; John 1:41; Matthew 17:9; Luke 9:36
  21. 21 Luke 24:6–7; Matthew 17:22–23; Matthew 20:17–19; 1 Corinthians 15:3–4; Matthew 17:12
  22. 22 Mark 8:32; Acts 21:11–13; John 13:6–8; Matthew 26:51–53; Matthew 16:16–17
  23. 23 Romans 8:5–8; Colossians 3:2; Philippians 3:19; Mark 8:33; 1 Corinthians 2:14–15
  24. 24 Matthew 10:38; Luke 14:27; 1 Peter 4:1–2; Luke 9:23–27; Mark 10:21
  25. 25 Matthew 10:39; Revelation 12:11; Mark 8:35; John 12:25; Luke 17:33
  26. 26 Job 27:8; Mark 8:36–37; Luke 9:25; Luke 12:20; Psalm 49:7–8
  27. 27 Psalm 62:12; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Romans 2:6; Romans 14:12; Jeremiah 17:10
  28. 28 Luke 9:27; Mark 9:1; John 8:52; Matthew 26:64; Matthew 10:23

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary 16:24 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LV)

    Then; when? When Peter said, "Be it far from Thee, this shall not be unto Thee;" and was told, "Get thee behind me, Satan." For He was by no means satisfied with the mere rebuke, but, willing also more abundantly to show both the extravagance of what Peter had said, and the benefit of His passion, He saith, "Thy word …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 16:17 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter XIII)

    Or how could Peter have been in ignorance, to whom the Lord gave testimony, that flesh and blood had not revealed to him, but the Father, who is in heaven? Just, then, as "Paul [was] an apostle, not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father," [so with the rest;] the Son indeed leading them …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 16:16 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book VIII, Chapter 23)

    … had actually come,--as Simeon, or Anna, who immediately recognized Jesus when He was born, or Elisabeth, who in the Spirit recognized Him when He was conceived, or Peter, who said by the revelation of the Father, "Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God." But to this Egyptian those spirits indicated the time of their own destruction, who also, …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  4. Quotes verse 16:9 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXX)

    But to His disciples not so, but He puts them in mind of His signs, saying on this wise, "Do ye not yet remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?" Not so however with these, but He reminds them of our common infirmity, and signifies them at any rate to be of …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  5. Quotes verse 16:17 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XI)

    For the Saviour says, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but My Father which is in heaven.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)