Matthew · Literal Standard Version
Matthew 16 Literal Standard Version
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1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, questioned Him, to show to them a sign from Heaven,
1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
2 and He answering said to them, “Evening having come, you say, Fair weather, for the sky is red,
2 But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’
3 and at morning, Foul weather today, for the sky is red—gloomy; hypocrites, you indeed know to discern the face of the sky, but the signs of the times you are not able!
3 In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times!
4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and a sign will not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet”; and having left them He went away.
4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them and departed.
5 And His disciples having come to the other side, forgot to take loaves,
5 The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.
6 and Jesus said to them, “Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees”;
6 Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
7 and they were reasoning in themselves, saying, “Because we took no loaves.”
7 They reasoned among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.”
8 And Jesus having known, said to them, “Why reason you in yourselves, you of little faith, because you took no loaves?
8 Jesus, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, because you have brought no bread?
9 Do you not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets you took up?
9 Don’t you yet perceive or remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up,
10 Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
10 or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
11 How do you not understand that I did not speak to you of bread—to take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?”
11 How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
12 Then they understood that He did not say to take heed of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
12 Then they understood that he didn’t tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
13 And Jesus, having come to the parts of Caesarea Philippi, was asking His disciples, saying, “Who do men say I am—the Son of Man?”
13 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
14 And they said, “Some, John the Immerser, and others, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”
14 They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
15 He says to them, “And you—who do you say I am?”
15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
16 And Simon Peter answering said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
17 And Jesus answering said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal [it] to you, but My Father who is in the heavens.
17 Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My Assembly, and [the] gates of Hades will not prevail against it;
18 I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
19 and I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and whatever you may bind on the earth will be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever you may loose on the earth will be having been loosed in the heavens.”
19 I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”
20 Then He charged His disciples that they may say to no one that He is Jesus the Christ.
20 Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.
21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that it is necessary for Him to go away to Jerusalem, and to suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be put to death, and the third day to rise.
21 From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
22 And having taken Him aside, Peter began to rebuke Him, saying, “Be kind to Yourself, Lord; this will not be to You”;
22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”
23 and He having turned, said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to Me, for you do not mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.”
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wills to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me,
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
25 for whoever may will to save his life will lose it, and whoever may lose his life for My sake will find it;
25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
26 for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? Or what will a man give as an exchange for his life?
26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
27 For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of His Father, with His messengers, and then He will reward each according to his work.
27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will give to everyone according to his deeds.
28 Truly I say to you, there are certain of those standing here who will not taste of death until they may see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”
28 Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Jonah
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
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
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 Luke 11:16; Acts 4:1; Matthew 16:6; John 8:6; 1 Corinthians 1:22
- 2 Luke 12:54–56
- 3 Luke 12:56; 1 Chronicles 12:32; Luke 13:15; Matthew 11:5; Matthew 23:13
- 4 Luke 11:29–30; Matthew 12:39–40; Jonah 1:17; Mark 8:12; Mark 8:38
- 5 Mark 8:13–14; Matthew 15:39
- 6 Luke 12:1; Matthew 16:12; Galatians 5:9; Leviticus 2:11; 1 Corinthians 5:6–8
- 7 Mark 8:16–18; Luke 9:46; Acts 10:14; Matthew 15:16–18; Mark 9:10
- 8 Matthew 6:30; Matthew 8:26; Matthew 14:31; Mark 16:14; John 2:24–25
- 9 Matthew 14:17–21; John 6:9–13; Luke 9:13–17; Mark 6:38–44; Matthew 15:16–17
- 10 Matthew 15:34–38; Mark 8:17–21; Mark 8:5–9
- 11 Mark 8:21; Mark 4:40; Matthew 16:6; Luke 12:56; John 8:43
- 12 Matthew 5:20; Acts 23:8; Matthew 23:13–28; Matthew 15:4–9
- 13 Luke 9:18–20; Mark 8:27–29; Daniel 7:13; John 5:27; Matthew 9:6
- 14 Mark 6:15; Matthew 14:2; Malachi 4:5; John 9:17; Luke 9:18–19
- 15 Luke 9:20; Mark 8:29; Matthew 13:11
- 16 John 11:27; Matthew 14:33; 1 John 4:15; Matthew 27:54; 1 Timothy 4:10
- 17 John 6:45; Ephesians 1:17–18; Matthew 11:25–27; Galatians 1:16; 1 John 5:20
- 18 Ephesians 2:19–22; 1 Corinthians 3:9–11; Isaiah 28:16; Colossians 1:18; Psalm 125:1–2
- 19 Matthew 18:18; Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 1:18; John 20:23; Revelation 3:7
- 20 Mark 8:30; Luke 9:21; John 1:41; Matthew 17:9; Luke 9:36
- 21 Luke 24:6–7; Matthew 17:22–23; Matthew 20:17–19; 1 Corinthians 15:3–4; Matthew 17:12
- 22 Mark 8:32; Acts 21:11–13; John 13:6–8; Matthew 26:51–53; Matthew 16:16–17
- 23 Romans 8:5–8; Colossians 3:2; Philippians 3:19; Mark 8:33; 1 Corinthians 2:14–15
- 24 Matthew 10:38; Luke 14:27; 1 Peter 4:1–2; Luke 9:23–27; Mark 10:21
- 25 Matthew 10:39; Revelation 12:11; Mark 8:35; John 12:25; Luke 17:33
- 26 Job 27:8; Mark 8:36–37; Luke 9:25; Luke 12:20; Psalm 49:7–8
- 27 Psalm 62:12; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Romans 2:6; Romans 14:12; Jeremiah 17:10
- 28 Luke 9:27; Mark 9:1; John 8:52; Matthew 26:64; Matthew 10:23
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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)
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 …
… 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)
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)
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)