16 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and testing, desired Him that He would show them a sign from Heaven.

² He answered and said unto them, “When it is evening ye say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’

³ And in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and lowering.’ O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky, but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

⁴ A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign, and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah.” And He left them and departed.

⁵ And when His disciples had come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

⁶ Then Jesus said unto them, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.”

⁷ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have taken no bread.”

⁸ But when Jesus perceived this, He said unto them, “O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, ‘because ye have brought no bread’?

⁹ Do ye not yet understand, neither 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 understand that I spoke it not to you concerning bread, but that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees?”

¹² Then understood they that He bade them not to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

¹³ When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”

¹⁴ And they said, “Some say that Thou art John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

¹⁶ And Simon Peter answered and said, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

¹⁷ And Jesus answered and said unto him, “Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but My Father who is in Heaven.

¹⁸ And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

¹⁹ And I will give unto thee the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven.”

²⁰ Then He charged His disciples that they should tell no man that He was Jesus the Christ.

²¹ From that time forth began Jesus to show unto His disciples that He must go unto Jerusalem and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

²² Then Peter took Him and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Be it far from Thee, Lord; this shall not happen unto Thee.”

²³ But He turned and said unto Peter, “Get thee behind Me, Satan! Thou art an offense unto Me; for thou savorest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.”

²⁴ Then Jesus said unto His disciples, “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

²⁵ For whosoever will save his life shall lose it, and whosoever will lose his life for My sake shall find it.

²⁶ For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

²⁷ For the Son of Man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He shall reward every man according to his works.

²⁸ Verily I say unto you, there are some standing here who shall not taste of death till they see the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom.”

8 In those days, the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples unto Him and said unto them,

² “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

³ And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way; for divers of them came from afar.”

⁴ And His disciples answered Him, “From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?”

⁵ And He asked them, “How many loaves have ye?” And they said, “Seven.”

⁶ And He commanded the people to sit down on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks and broke, and gave to His disciples to set before them; and they set them before the people.

⁷ And they had a few small fishes, and He blessed them and commanded to set them also before them.

⁸ So they ate and were filled; and they took up of the broken meat that was left, seven baskets.

⁹ And those who had eaten were about four thousand. And He sent them away.

¹⁰ And straightway He entered into a boat with His disciples and came into the region of Dalmanutha.

¹¹ And the Pharisees came forth and began to question with Him, seeking from Him a sign from Heaven, testing Him.

¹² And He sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say unto you, there shall no sign be given unto this generation.”

¹³ And He left them and, entering into the boat again, departed to the other side.

¹⁴ Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the boat with them more than one loaf.

¹⁵ And He charged them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.”

¹⁶ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have no bread.”

¹⁷ And when Jesus knew it, He said unto them, “Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? Do ye not yet perceive, nor understand? Have ye your heart yet hardened?

¹⁸ Having eyes, see ye not? And having ears, hear ye not? And do ye not remember?

¹⁹ When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?” They said unto Him, “Twelve.”

²⁰ “And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?” And they said, “Seven.”

²¹ And He said unto them, “How is it that ye do not understand?”

²² And He came to Bethsaida, and they brought a blind man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him.

²³ And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town. And when He had spit on his eyes and put His hands upon him, He asked him if he saw anything.

²⁴ And he looked up and said, “I see men as trees, walking.”

²⁵ After that He put His hands again upon his eyes and made him look up; and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

²⁶ And He sent him away to his house, saying, “Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.”

²⁷ And Jesus went out with His disciples into the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He asked His disciples, saying unto them, “Who do men say that I am?”

²⁸ And they answered, “John the Baptist; but some say Elijah, and others, one of the prophets.”

²⁹ And He said unto them, “But whom say ye that I am?” And Peter answered and said unto Him, “Thou art the Christ.”

³⁰ And He charged them that they should tell no man of Him.

³¹ And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and by the chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

³² And He spoke that saying openly. And Peter took Him and began to rebuke Him.

³³ But when He had turned about and looked on His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get thee behind Me, Satan; for thou savorest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.”

³⁴ And when He had called the people unto Him with His disciples also, He said unto them, “Whosoever will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

³⁵ For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for My sake and the Gospel’s, the same shall save it.

³⁶ For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

³⁷ Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

³⁸ Whosoever, therefore, shall be ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of Man be ashamed when He cometh in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

¹⁸ And it came to pass as He was alone praying, His disciples were with Him, and He asked them, saying, “Who say the people that I am?”

¹⁹ They answering said, “John the Baptist; but some say Elijah, and others say that one of the old prophets has risen again.”

²⁰ He said to them, “But who say ye that I am?” Peter answering said, “The Christ of God!”

²¹ And He strictly charged them and commanded them to tell no man this thing,

²² saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and scribes, and be slain and be raised the third day.”

²³ And He said to them all, “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

²⁴ For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever will lose his life for My sake, the same shall save it.

²⁵ For what is a man advantaged if he gain the whole world, and lose himself or be cast away?

²⁶ For whosoever shall be ashamed of Me and of My words, of him shall the Son of Man be ashamed when He shall come in His own glory and in His Father’s and of the holy angels.

²⁷ But I tell you in truth, there are some standing here that shall not taste of death till they see the Kingdom of God.”