Matthew 16 (NET)

Matthew 16:1¹Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:2²He said, “When evening comes you say, ‘It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:3³and in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.’ You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:4⁴A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:5⁵When the disciples went to the other side, they forgot to take bread.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:6⁶“Watch out,” Jesus said to them, “beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:7⁷So they began to discuss this among themselves, saying, “It is because we brought no bread.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:8⁸When Jesus learned of this, he said, “You who have such little faith! Why are you arguing among yourselves about having no bread?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:9⁹Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the 5,000, and how many baskets you took up?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:10¹⁰Or the seven loaves for the 4,000 and how many baskets you took up?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:11¹¹How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:12¹²Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:13¹³When Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:14¹⁴They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:15¹⁵He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:16¹⁶Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:17¹⁷And Jesus answered him, “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:18¹⁸And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:19¹⁹I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:20²⁰Then he instructed his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:21²¹From that time on Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:22²²So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him: “God forbid, Lord! This must not happen to you!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:23²³But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:24²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:25²⁵For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will find it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:26²⁶For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:27²⁷For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Matthew 16:28²⁸I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions