Matthew 16:5-17:23

New American Standard Bible

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 ^(A)beware of the ^[a]leaven of the ^(B)Pharisees 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, “^(C)You 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 ^(D)the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you picked up? ¹⁰ Nor ^(E)the 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 ^(F)beware of the ^[b]leaven of the ^(G)Pharisees and Sadducees.” ¹² Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the ^[c]leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the ^(H)Pharisees and Sadducees.

Peter’s Confession of Christ

^13 (I)Now when Jesus came into the region of ^(J)Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, “Who do people say that ^(K)the Son of Man is?” ¹⁴ And they said, “Some say ^(L)John the Baptist; and others, ^[d](M)Elijah; and still others, ^[e]Jeremiah, 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 ^(N)the ^[f]Christ, ^(O)the Son of ^(P)the living God.” ¹⁷ And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, ^(Q)Simon ^[g]Barjona, because ^(R)flesh 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 ^[h](S)Peter, and upon this ^[i]rock I will build My church; and the gates of ^(T)Hades will not overpower it. ¹⁹ I will give you ^(U)the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and ^(V)whatever you ^[j]bind on earth ^[k]shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you ^[l]loose on earth ^[m]shall have been loosed in heaven.” ^20 (W)Then He gave the disciples strict orders that they were to tell no one that He was ^(X)the ^[n]Christ.

Jesus Foretells His Death

^21 (Y)From that time ^[o]Jesus began to ^[p]point out to His disciples that it was necessary for Him to go to Jerusalem and to ^(Z)suffer 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, “^[q]God forbid it, Lord! This shall never ^[r]happen to You!” ²³ But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, ^(AA)Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on ^[s]God’s purposes, but men’s.”

Discipleship Is Costly

²⁴ Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, ^(AB)take up his cross, and follow Me. ²⁵ For ^(AC)whoever wants to save his ^[t]life will lose it; but whoever loses his ^[u]life for My sake will find it. ²⁶ For what good will it do a person if he gains the whole world, but ^[v]forfeits his soul? Or what will a person give in exchange for his soul? ²⁷ For the ^(AD)Son of Man ^(AE)is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and ^(AF)will then repay every person according to his ^[w]deeds.

²⁸ “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the ^(AG)Son of Man ^(AH)coming in His kingdom.”

The Transfiguration

17 ^(AI)Six days later, Jesus *took with Him ^(AJ)Peter and ^[x]James, and his brother John, and *led them up on a high mountain by themselves. ² And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light. ³ And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. ⁴ Peter responded and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If You want, ^(AK)I will make three ^[y]tabernacles here: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” ⁵ While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, ^(AL)a voice from the cloud said, “^(AM)This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him!” ⁶ When the disciples heard this, they fell ^[z]face down to the ground and were terrified. ⁷ And Jesus came to them and touched them and said, “Get up, and ^(AN)do not be afraid.” ⁸ And raising their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus Himself alone.

^9 (AO)When they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “^(AP)Tell the vision to no one until ^(AQ)the Son of Man has ^(AR)risen from the dead.” ¹⁰ And His disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that ^(AS)Elijah must come first?” ¹¹ And He answered and said, “Elijah is coming and will restore all things; ¹² but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did ^[aa]to him whatever they wanted. So also ^(AT)the Son of Man is going to suffer ^[ab]at their hands.” ¹³ Then the disciples understood that He had spoken to them about John the Baptist.

The Demon-possessed Boy

^14 (AU)When they came to the crowd, a man came up to ^[ac]Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying, ¹⁵ “^[ad]Lord, have mercy on my son, because he ^(AV)has seizures and suffers terribly; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. ¹⁶ And I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him.” ¹⁷ And Jesus answered and said, “You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.” ¹⁸ And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was healed ^[ae]at once.

¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” ²⁰ And He *said to them, “Because of your meager faith; for truly I say to you, ^(AW)if you have faith ^[af]the size of ^(AX)a mustard seed, you will say to ^(AY)this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and ^(AZ)nothing will be impossible for you.^[ag]”

^22 (BA)And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be ^[ah]handed over to men; ²³ and ^(BB)they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day.” And they were deeply grieved.