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16 And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.

² But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.

³ And in the morning: To day there will be a storm, for the sky is red and lowering. You know then how to discern the face of the sky: and can you not know the signs of the times?

⁴ A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. And he left them, and went away.

⁵ And when his disciples were come over the water, they had forgotten to take bread.

⁶ Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

⁷ But they thought within themselves, saying: Because we have taken no bread.

⁸ And Jesus knowing it, said: Why do you think within yourselves, O ye of little faith, for that you have no bread?

⁹ Do you not yet understand, neither do you remember the five loaves among five thousand men, and how many baskets you took up?

¹⁰ Nor the seven loaves among four thousand men, and how many baskets you took up?

¹¹ Why do you not understand that it was not concerning the bread I said to you: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

¹² Then they understood that he said not that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

¹³ And Jesus came into the quarters of Caesarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is?

¹⁴ But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

¹⁵ Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am?

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

¹⁷ And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.

¹⁸ And I say to 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 to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.

²⁰ Then he commanded his disciples, that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.

²¹ From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the ancients and scribes and chief priests, and be put to death, and the third day rise again.

²² And Peter taking him, began to rebuke him, saying: Lord, be it far from thee, this shall not be unto thee.

²³ Who turning, said to Peter: Go behind me, Satan, thou art a scandal unto me: because thou savourest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

²⁶ For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

²⁷ For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels: and then will he render to every man according to his works.

²⁸ Amen I say to you, there are some of them that stand here, that shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

17 And after six days Jesus taketh unto him Peter and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart:

² And he was transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the sun: and his garments became white as snow.

³ And behold there appeared to them Moses and Elias talking with him.

⁴ And Peter answering, said to Jesus: Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

⁵ And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him.

⁶ And the disciples hearing, fell upon their face, and were very much afraid.

⁷ And Jesus came and touched them: and said to them, Arise, and fear not.

⁸ And they lifting up their eyes saw no one but only Jesus.

⁹ And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying: Tell the vision to no man, till the Son of man be risen from the dead.

¹⁰ And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then do the scribes say that Elias must come first?

¹¹ But he answering, said to them: Elias indeed shall come, and restore all things.

¹² But I say to you, that Elias is already come, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they had a mind. So also the Son of man shall suffer from them.

¹³ Then the disciples understood, that he had spoken to them of John the Baptist.

¹⁴ And when he was come to the multitude, there came to him a man falling down on his knees before him, saying: Lord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic, and suffereth much: for he falleth often into the fire, and often into the water.

¹⁵ And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

¹⁶ Then Jesus answered and said: O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

¹⁷ And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour.

¹⁸ Then came the disciples to Jesus secretly, and said: Why could not we cast him out?

¹⁹ Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For, amen I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Remove from hence hither, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

²⁰ But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.

²¹ And when they abode together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:

²² And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise again. And they were troubled exceedingly.

²³ And when they were come to Capharnaum, they that received the didrachmas, came to Peter and said to him: Doth not your master pay the didrachmas?

²⁴ He said: Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying: What is thy opinion, Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute or custom? of their own children, or of strangers?

²⁵ And he said: Of strangers. Jesus said to him: Then the children are free.

²⁶ But that we may not scandalize them, go to the sea, and cast in a hook: and that fish which shall first come up, take: and when thou hast opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater: take that, and give it to them for me and thee.