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1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and tempting him asked him to shew them a sign from heaven. 2 But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, [It will be ]fair weather: for the heaven is red. 3 And in the morning, [It will be ]foul weather today: for the heaven is red and lowring. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot [discern ]the signs of the times. 4 An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed. 5 And the disciples came to the other side and forgot to take bread. 6 And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, We took no bread. 8 And Jesus perceiving it said, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have no bread? 9 Do ye not yet perceive, 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 perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 13 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is? 14 And they said, Some [say ]John the Baptist; some, Elijah: and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But who 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-Jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 18 And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 19 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 the disciples that they should tell no man that he was the Christ. 21 From that time 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 the third day be raised up. 22 And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall never be unto thee. 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men. 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life? 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds. 28 Verily I say unto you, There be some of them that stand here, which shall in no wise 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)