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Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 16

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Chapter 16 of Matthew—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. 1The 2Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they 3asked Him to show them a [a]sign from heaven.
  2. But He replied to them, “[b]4When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’
  3. And in the morning, ‘There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ 5Do you know how to discern the [c]appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?
  4. 6An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a [d]sign; and a [e]sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah.” And He left them and went away.
  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 7beware of the [f]leaven of the 8Pharisees 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, “9You men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread?
  9. Do you not yet understand or remember 10the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets full you picked up?
  10. Or 11the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets full you picked up?
  11. How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But 12beware of the [g]leaven of the 13Pharisees and Sadducees.”
  12. Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the 14Pharisees and Sadducees.
  13. 15Now when Jesus came into the district of 16Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, “Who do people say that 17the Son of Man is?”
  14. And they said, “Some say 18John the Baptist; and others, [h]19Elijah; but still others, [i]Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”
  15. He *said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
  16. Simon Peter answered, “You are [j]20the Christ, 21the Son of 22the living God.”
  17. And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, 23Simon [k]Barjona, because 24flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
  18. I also say to you that you are [l]25Peter, and upon this [m]rock I will build My church; and the gates of 26Hades will not overpower it.
  19. I will give you 27the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and 28whatever you bind on earth [n]shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth [o]shall have been loosed in heaven.”
  20. 29Then He [p]warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was [q]30the Christ.
  21. 31From that time [r]Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and 32suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day.
  22. Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “[s]God forbid it, Lord! This shall never [t]happen to You.”
  23. But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, 33Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on [u]God’s interests, but man’s.”
  24. ¶ Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and 34take up his cross and follow Me.
  25. For 35whoever wishes to save his [v]life will lose it; but whoever loses his [w]life for My sake will find it.
  26. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
  27. For the 36Son of Man 37is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and 38WILL THEN [x]REPAY EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS [y]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 39Son of Man 40coming in His kingdom.”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or attesting miracle
  2. ^ Early mss do not contain the rest of v 2 and v 3
  3. ^ Lit face
  4. ^ Or attesting miracle
  5. ^ Or attesting miracle
  6. ^ Or yeast
  7. ^ Or yeast
  8. ^ Gr Elias
  9. ^ Gr Jeremias
  10. ^ I.e. the Messiah
  11. ^ I.e. son of Jonah
  12. ^ Gr Petros, a stone
  13. ^ Gr petra, large rock; bed-rock
  14. ^ Gr estai dedemenon, fut. pft. pass.
  15. ^ Gr estai lelumenon, fut. pft. pass.
  16. ^ Or strictly admonished
  17. ^ I.e. the Messiah
  18. ^ Two early mss read Jesus Christ
  19. ^ Lit (God be) merciful to You
  20. ^ Lit be
  21. ^ Lit the things of God
  22. ^ Or soul
  23. ^ Or soul
  24. ^ Or recompense
  25. ^ Lit doing

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Mt 16:1-12; Mr 8:11-21
  2. ^ Mt 3:7; 16:6, 11, 12
  3. ^ Mt 12:38; Lu 11:16
  4. ^ Lu 12:54f
  5. ^ Lu 12:56
  6. ^ Mt 12:39; Lu 11:29
  7. ^ Mr 8:15; Lu 12:1
  8. ^ Mt 3:7
  9. ^ Mt 6:30; 8:26; 14:31
  10. ^ Mt 14:17-21
  11. ^ Mt 15:34-38
  12. ^ Mt 16:6; Mr 8:15; Lu 12:1
  13. ^ Mt 3:7; 16:6, 12
  14. ^ Mt 3:7; 5:20
  15. ^ Mt 16:13-16; Mr 8:27-29; Lu 9:18-20
  16. ^ Mr 8:27
  17. ^ Mt 8:20; 16:27, 28
  18. ^ Mt 14:2
  19. ^ Mt 17:10; Mr 6:15; Lu 9:8; Jn 1:21
  20. ^ Mt 1:16; 16:20; Jn 11:27
  21. ^ Mt 4:3
  22. ^ Ps 42:2; Mt 26:63; Ac 14:15; Ro 9:26; 2Co 3:3; 6:16; 1Th 1:9; 1Ti 3:15; 4:10; Heb 3:12; 9:14; 10:31; 12:22; Re 7:2
  23. ^ Jn 1:42; 21:15-17
  24. ^ 1Co 15:50; Ga 1:16; Eph 6:12; Heb 2:14
  25. ^ Mt 4:18
  26. ^ Mt 11:23
  27. ^ Is 22:22; Re 1:18; 3:7
  28. ^ Mt 18:18; Jn 20:23
  29. ^ Mt 8:4; Mr 8:30; Lu 9:21
  30. ^ Mt 1:16; 16:16; Jn 11:27
  31. ^ Mt 16:21-28; Mr 8:31-9:1; Lu 9:22-27
  32. ^ Mt 12:40; 17:9, 12, 22f; 20:18f; 27:63; Mr 9:12, 31; Lu 17:25; 18:32; 24:7; Jn 2:19
  33. ^ Mt 4:10
  34. ^ Mt 10:38; Lu 14:27
  35. ^ Mt 10:39
  36. ^ Mt 8:20
  37. ^ Mt 10:23; 24:3, 27, 37, 39; 26:64; Mr 8:38; 13:26; Lu 21:27; Jn 21:22; Ac 1:11; 1Co 15:23; 1Th 1:10; 4:16; 2Th 1:7, 10; 2:1, 8; Jm 5:7f; 2Pe 1:16; 3:4, 12; 1Jo 2:28; Re 1:7
  38. ^ Ps 62:12; Pr 24:12; Ro 2:6; 14:12; 1Co 3:13; 2Co 5:10; Eph 6:8; Col 3:25; Re 2:23; 20:12; 22:12
  39. ^ Mt 8:20
  40. ^ Mt 10:23; 24:3, 27, 37, 39; 26:64; Mr 8:38; 13:26; Lu 21:27; Jn 21:22; Ac 1:11; 1Co 15:23; 1Th 1:10; 4:16; 2Th 1:7, 10; 2:1, 8; Jm 5:7f; 2Pe 1:16; 3:4, 12; 1Jo 2:28; Re 1:7

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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