Matthew 16:1-17 ▼

1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming near, tempting Him , asked Him to show them a sign from the heaven;

2 and He, answering, said to them, "When it is evening, ye say, ' It will be fair, for the heaven is red;'

3 and in the morning, 'Today, a tempest; for red is the overcast heaven.' The face of the heaven, indeed, ye know how to discern, but the signs of the times ye can not discern .

4 An evil and adulterous generation is seeking after a sign; and no sign will be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet." And, leaving them, He departed.

5 And the disciples, coming to the other aide, forgot to take bread.

6 And Jesus said to them, "Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

7 And they were deliberating among themselves, saying, "We took no bread."

8 And Jesus, knowing it, said, "Why are ye deliberating among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have no bread?

9 Do ye not yet perceive, nor 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 ye took up ?

11 How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread? but beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

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

13 And Jesus, having come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, was asking His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that the Son of Man is?"

14 And they said, "Some say John the Immerser; and others, Elijah; and others Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."

15 And He saith to them, "But who do ye say that I am?"

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

17 And Jesus, answering, said to him, "Happy are you, Simon Bar-Jonah; because flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but My Father Who is in Heaven.