Matthew 16:1-16 ▼

1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come to Him, tempting Him, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.

2 And He responding said to them, It being evening, you say, It will be fair weather: because the sky is red:

3 and in the morning, It will be stormy to-day: for the lowering sky is red: ye hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the sky: but are you not able to discern the signs of the times?

4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign. And no sign shall be given it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah. And leaving them, He departed.

5 His disciples having come to the other side forgot to take bread.

6 And Jesus said to them; See and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

7 And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, That it is because we did not take bread.

8 And Jesus knowing said to them, Why do you reason among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because you did not take bread?

9 Do you not yet understand? do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

10 Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

11 How do you not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread, to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.

12 Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of the (bread) of the Pharisees and Sadducees, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

13 And Jesus having come into the regions of Caesarea Philippi, asked His disciples, saying, Whom do the people say that I, the Son of man, am?

14 And they said, Some, John the Baptist; and some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

15 And He says to them, But whom do you say that I am?

16 And Simon Peter responding said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.