MAT 16

The Demand for a Sign

Mk. 8:11-13; Lk. 12:54-56

1 Now the Pharisees and Sadducees—religious enemies who rarely agreed—came together, and testing Him with hostile intent, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven to authenticate His claims.

2 And in response, He said to them, "When evening comes, you say with confidence, 'It will be fair weather tomorrow, given that the sky is red at sunset.'

3 And in the morning, you say, 'Today there will be a storm, given that the sky is red and overcast.' You know how to discern and interpret the appearance of the sky and predict the weather, but you are not able to discern the signs of the times and recognise the Messiah in your midst.

4 An evil and spiritually adulterous generation demands a sign for their unbelief, but no sign will be granted to it except the sign of Jonah." So He left them abruptly and went away.

The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees

Mk. 8:14-21

5 And when the disciples came to the other side of the sea, they had forgotten to take bread with them.

6 And Jesus said to them, "Watch out, and beware of the leaven—the corrupting influence—of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

7 So they began to reason this among themselves, saying, "It is because we did not take bread—He is concerned about our lack of provisions."

8 But Jesus, aware of this misunderstanding by divine insight, said, "Why are you reasoning among yourselves about the fact that you had no bread, O you of little faith?

9 Do you not yet understand spiritual truth or do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you collected afterwards?

10 Or do you not remember the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you collected then?

11 How do you not understand that I was not speaking to you about physical bread? But beware of the leaven—the teaching and influence—of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

12 Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of literal bread, but of the corrupting teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God

Mk. 8:27-30; Lk 9:18-21

13 Now when Jesus came to the district of Caesarea Philippi—far from Jerusalem, He began to ask His disciples, saying, "Who do men—people in general—say that the Son of Man is?"

14 And they said, reporting various opinions, "Some say John the Baptist risen from the dead; and others Elijah returned; and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets come back."

15 He said to them, pressing for their personal conviction, "But you, who do you say I am?"

16 And in response, Simon Peter said with conviction inspired by the Father, "You are the Christ—the Messiah—the Son of the living God."

17 Jesus then responded and said to him with blessing, "Blessed and favoured are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this truth to you, but My Father who is in heaven.

18 And I also say to you that you are Peter—which means “rock”—and on this rock of confession about who I am I will build My church—My called-out assembly, and the gates of Hades—the powers of death and hell—will not triumph over it.

19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven—the authority to open the gospel to all, and whatever you bind on earth in accordance with heaven's will shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

20 Then He issued strict instructions to the disciples that they should tell no one at this time that He was the Christ—the Messiah—because the timing was not yet right.

Jesus Speaks of His Death and Resurrection

Mk. 8:31-9:1; Lk. 9:22-27

21 From that time forward, Jesus began to show His disciples plainly that it was necessary and divinely appointed for Him to go to Jerusalem and to suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and to be killed, and on the third day to be raised from the dead.

22 And Peter, taking Him aside privately, began to reprimand Him, saying, "Far be it from You, Lord!"

23 But He turned and said to Peter sternly, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are an obstruction to Me, because you are not setting your thoughts on the matters and purposes of God, but on the matters of men and human reasoning."

24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me as a disciple, he must deny himself and his own interests and take up his cross—accepting suffering—and follow Me in obedient discipleship.

25 For whoever desires to save his life and preserve it by avoiding the cross will lose it eternally, but whoever loses his life for the sake of Me and the gospel will find it and gain eternal life.

26 For what will it benefit a man if he gains the whole world and all its wealth and pleasures, yet forfeits his soul and loses eternal life? Or what will a man offer as an exchange for his soul—what could possibly be worth more?

27 For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels in power, and then He will give to each one according to his deeds—rewarding or judging each person.

28 Truly, I say to you with solemn certainty, that there are some of those standing here who will never have a taste of death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom in power."

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