¹⁵ He *said to them, “But who do you yourselves say that I am?” ¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, “You are ^(A)the ^[a]Christ, ^(B)the Son of ^(C)the living God.” ¹⁷ And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, ^(D)Simon ^[b]Barjona, because ^(E)flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.

⁴² And they were saying, “^(A)Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ^(B)we know? How does He now say, ‘^(C)I have come down out of heaven’?” ⁴³ Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop complaining among yourselves. ⁴⁴ No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me ^(D)draws him; and I will ^(E)raise him up on the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written ^(F)in the Prophets: ‘^(G)And they shall all be ^(H)taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

²² For indeed ^(A)Jews ask for ^[a]signs and Greeks search for wisdom; ²³ but we preach ^[b](B)Christ crucified, ^(C)to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles ^(D)foolishness, ²⁴ but to those who are ^(E)the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ ^(F)the power of God and ^(G)the wisdom of God. ²⁵ For the ^(H)foolishness of God is wiser than mankind, and ^(I)the weakness of God is stronger than mankind.