The Pharisees Demand a Sign

¹The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.

²But he answered them, “When it is evening, y’all say, ‘It will be fair weather, because the sky is red.’

³In the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and threatening.’ Y’all know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but y’all can’t figure out the signs of the times!

⁴An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” Then he left them and departed.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

⁵The disciples came to the other side, but they had forgotten to take bread.

⁶Jesus told them, “Y’all watch out and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

⁷They discussed this among themselves, saying, “It is because we didn’t bring any bread.”

⁸Aware of this, Jesus, said, “Y’all of little faith! Why are y’all talking about not having bread?

⁹Don’t y’all understand? Don’t y’all remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets y’all picked up?

¹⁰Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets y’all picked up?

¹¹How is it that y’all don’t understand that I wasn’t talking to y’all about bread? But y’all beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

¹²Then they understood that he was not saying to beware of the yeast in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Peter Understands Jesus’s Identity

¹³Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Humanity, is?”

¹⁴They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

¹⁵He said to them, “But who do y’all say that I am?”

¹⁶Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

¹⁷Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

¹⁸And I tell you that you are Peter. Upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

¹⁹I will give to you the keys of the Empire of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will be released in heaven.”

²⁰Then he commanded the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.

Jesus Explains His Coming Death

²¹From that time, Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised up.

²²Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Mercy, Lord! This will never happen to you.”

²³But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on human concerns.”

²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, they must deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow me.

²⁵For whoever desires to save their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.

²⁶For what does it benefit a human if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what can a human give in exchange for their soul?

²⁷For the Son of Humanity will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to their deeds.

²⁸Truly I tell y’all, there are some standing here who will not taste of death until they see the Son of Humanity coming in his empire.”