^aThe ^bPharisees and Sadducees came up, and putting Jesus to the test, they ^casked Him to show them a ¹sign from heaven. 2 But He replied to them, “^1aWhen it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 3 And in the morning, ‘There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ ^aYou know how to discern the ¹appearance of the sky, but are you unable to discern the signs of the times? 4 ^aAn evil and adulterous generation wants a ¹sign; and so a ²sign will not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah.” And He left them and went away.

5 And the disciples came to the other side of the sea, but they had forgotten to bring any bread. 6 And Jesus said to them, “Watch out and ^abeware of the ¹leaven of the ^bPharisees and Sadducees.” 7 They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, “He said that because we did not bring any bread.” 8 But Jesus, aware of this, said, “^aYou men of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? 9 Do you not yet understand nor remember ^athe five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you picked up? 10 Nor ^athe seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets you picked up? 11 How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about bread? But ^abeware of the ¹leaven of the ^bPharisees and Sadducees.” 12 Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the ¹leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the ^aPharisees and Sadducees.

13 ^aNow when Jesus came into the region of ^bCaesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, “Who do people say that ^cthe Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say ^aJohn the Baptist; and others, ^1bElijah; and still others, ²Jeremiah, or one of the other prophets.” 15 He *said to them, “But who do you yourselves say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are ^athe ¹Christ, ^bthe Son of ^cthe living God.” 17 And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, ^aSimon ¹Barjona, because ^bflesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also say to you that you are ^1aPeter, and upon this ²rock I will build My church; and the gates of ^bHades will not overpower it. 19 I will give you ^athe keys of the kingdom of heaven; and ^bwhatever you ¹bind on earth ²shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you ³loose on earth ⁴shall have been loosed in heaven.” 20 ^aThen He gave the disciples strict orders that they were to tell no one that He was ^bthe ¹Christ.

21 ^aFrom that time ¹Jesus began to ²point out to His disciples that it was necessary for Him to go to Jerusalem and to ^bsuffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and to be raised up on the third day. 22 And yet Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “¹God forbid it, Lord! This shall never ²happen to You!” 23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, ^aSatan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on ¹God’s purposes, but men’s.”

24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, ^atake up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For ^awhoever wants to save his ¹life will lose it; but whoever loses his ²life for My sake will find it. 26 For what good will it do a person if he gains the whole world, but ¹forfeits his soul? Or what will a person give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the ^aSon of Man ^bis going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and ^cWILL THEN REPAY EVERY PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS ¹DEEDS.

28 “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the ^aSon of Man ^bcoming in His kingdom.”