Matthew 16
16
Jesus Is Asked for a Sign
1The Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.
2He answered, “When you see a red sky in the evening, you say, ‘It’s going to be good weather.’ 3And when you see a red and cloudy sky in the morning, you say, ‘Today it will be stormy.’ You understand the meaning of what you see in the sky, but you don’t understand the signs of what you see happening around you. 4An evil and unfaithful generation looks for a sign, but it won’t be given any except the sign of Jonah.” Then Jesus left them and went away.
The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees
5They crossed over to the other side of the lake, but the disciples forgot to bring bread. 6“Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
7The disciples talked this over among themselves and decided, “He must be saying this because we didn’t bring any bread.”
8Jesus knew what they were saying, and he responded, “How little faith you have! Why are you talking to each other about not having any bread? 9Don’t you understand yet? Don’t you remember the five loaves that fed the 5,000, and how many full baskets of leftover pieces you picked up? 10Don’t you remember the seven loaves that fed the 4,000, and how many full baskets of leftover pieces you picked up? 11How can you possibly not understand? I wasn’t talking to you about bread. I was telling you to watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 12Then the disciples understood that Jesus wasn’t telling them to watch out for the yeast that’s used in bread. He was warning them against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Peter Says That Jesus Is the Messiah
13When Jesus got to the area of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
14They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others say Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
15“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
17Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah! No mere human showed that to you, but my Father in heaven. 18I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build my church. The gates of Hades won’t be too strong for it. 19I’ll give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven, so that what you lock on earth will be locked in heaven and what you unlock on earth will be unlocked in heaven.” 20Then Jesus ordered his disciples not to tell anyone he was the Messiah.
Jesus Speaks About His Coming Death
21From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples what would happen to him. He told them he would have to go to Jerusalem and that the elders, chief priests, and teachers of the law would make him suffer many things there. He would be killed, but he would rise again on the third day.
22Peter took Jesus to one side and began to berate him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “That will never happen to you!”
23Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You’re like a rock in my path to trip me. You’re not thinking about what God wants. You’re only thinking about what people want.”
24Then Jesus told his disciples, “All those who want to be my disciples must say ‘no’ to themselves, pick up their crosses, and follow me. 25Whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. 26What good is it if someone gains the whole world but loses their soul? What can anyone trade for their soul? 27The Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and he will deal with each person according to what they’ve done.
28“Truly I tell you, some who are standing here right now will not die before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
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Matthew 16
16
1Tz’dukim (Sadducees) [followers of the right] and P’rushim (Pharisees) [separatists] came to him, tempting him to show them some sign from heaven.
2Yeshua [God is Salvation] answered them: “Hypocrites, you say in the evening: Tomorrow will be a clear day because the sky is red”.
3“Then in the morning you say: ‘Today it will rain because the sky is dark’. If so, you know the law regarding the appearance of the sky, but you do not know the law regarding the times”.
4“The offspring of evil-doers ask for a sign, but no sign will be given them except the sign of Yonah [dove] the Prophet”. Then he was separated from them and went away.
5When Yeshua [God is Salvation] came to the seashore he told his disciples to beware of their bread. Then he entered a boat with his disciples, but the disciples forgot and did not bring any bread.
6And Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven of the P’rushim (Pharisees) [separatists] and Tz’dukim (Sadducees) [followers of the right].”
7They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, “He said that because we did not bring any bread.”
8Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to them: “You have little understanding who think that you have no bread”.
9“Do you not remember the five loaves and the five thousand men”,
10“Or the seven loaves and the four thousand men, how many baskets were left over?”
11“Therefore you should understand that I am not speaking of natural loaves”
12“but I am saying to you that you should beware of the teachings of the P’rushim (Pharisees) [separatists] and Tz’dukim (Sadducees) [followers of the right]”.
13Yeshua [God is Salvation] went out into the Land of ‘Caesarea [severed] of Philip [friend of horses]’ and asked his disciples saying: “What do men say about me?”
14They said unto him: “Some say ‘he is Yochanan [Yah is gracious] the Baptizer’, some say ‘he is Eliyahu [my God is Yah] u [my God is Yah]’, and some ‘Yirmeyahu [Our God has uplifted]’ or ‘one of the prophets’”.
15Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to them: “What do you say about me?”
16Shim’on [he has heard]; called Kefa [pebble]; answered and said: “You are Ha-Moshiach [Messiah] [The Messiah] [which means ‘the Messiah’], the Son of the Living Elohim (The Many Powered) [The Living Word of God], who has come into this world”
17Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to him: “Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) are you Shim’on [he has heard] bar Yonah [dove], because flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my Father Who is in heaven”
18“I say to you: ‘You are Even [which means a pebble] and I will build upon you my house of prayer. The fortresses (Daniel 11:38,39) of Hell will not gain the upper hand against you”
19“because I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
20Then he commanded his disciples not to say that he is Ha-Moshiach [Messiah] [The Messiah].
21From then on Yeshua [God is Salvation] began to reveal to his disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Yerushalayim [abode of peace] and to suffer (allow, to let, permit) the injustice of many, from the chief priests and from the elders of the people until they should kill him; then on the third day he would arise.
22Kefa [pebble] took him aside privately and began to rebuke (reprimand; strongly warn; restrain) him saying: ‘Far be it that it should be like this to you, Adon [Lord - Kurios of the earth]’.
23Yeshua [God is Salvation] turned, looked at him, and said “Go away Satan [the adversary]; do not disobey me, because you do not regard the word of The Mighty One but the words of man”
24Then Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to his disciples: “Whoever wishes to come after me let him despise himself and come after me”.
25“Everyone who wishes to save his soul will lose it for my sake, and he who loses his life in this world for my sake will save his soul for the life of the world to come”.
26“What profit is there for a man if he should gain the whole world and lose his soul forever; what good exchange does a man make if, for present things that are spoiled, he should give his soul to the judgment of Gei-Hinnom [hell, valley of evil counsel]?”
27“Because the Son of The Mighty One will come in the glory of his Father Who is in heaven with his angels to reward each man according to his work”.
28“Truly I say to you there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of The Mighty One coming in his Kingdom.”
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