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¹ When the Pharisees and Sadducees arrived, as a test they asked Jesus[fn] to show them a sign from heaven.[xr] ² He replied to them, "You say, 'Red sky at night, what a delight! ³ Red sky in the morning, cloudy and storming. 'You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, yet you can't interpret the signs of the times?[fn] ⁴ An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away.[xr]

⁵ When his disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to take any bread along.[xr] ⁶ Jesus said to them, "Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"[xr] ⁷ They began to discuss this among themselves and said, "We didn't take any bread." ⁸ Knowing this, Jesus said, "You who have little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you don't have any bread? ⁹ Don't you understand yet? Don't you remember the five loaves for the 5,000 and how many baskets you collected,[xr] ¹⁰ or the seven loaves for the 4,000 and how many baskets you collected?[xr] ¹¹ How can you fail to understand that I wasn't talking to you about bread? Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!" ¹² Then they understood that he did not say to beware of the yeast used in bread,[fn] but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

¹³ When Jesus had come to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"[xr] ¹⁴ They said, "Some say[fn] John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.[xr] ¹⁵ He said to them, "But who do you say I am?" ¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ,[fn] the Son of the living God!"[xr] ¹⁷ Then Jesus said to him, "How blessed are you, Simon, son of John![fn] For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven has.[xr] ¹⁸ I tell you that you are Peter,[fn] and it is on this rock[fn] that I will build my church, and the forces of hell[fn] will not overpower it.[xr] ¹⁹ I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you prohibit on earth will have been prohibited[fn] in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted[fn] in heaven."[xr] ²⁰ Then he strictly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.[fn][xr]

²¹ From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer a great deal because of the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised.[xr] ²² Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, "God be merciful to you, Lord! This must never happen to you!" ²³ But Jesus[fn] turned around and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are an offense[fn] to me, for you are not thinking God's thoughts but human thoughts!"[xr]

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continually.[xr] ²⁵ For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.[xr] ²⁶ For what profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?[xr] ²⁷ The Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone according to what he has done.[xr] ²⁸ Truly I tell you, some people standing here will not experience[fn] death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."[xr]