¹³Now when^* Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi,^c he began asking^* his disciples, saying, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” ¹⁴And they said, Some^d say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” ¹⁵He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” ¹⁶And Simon Peter answered and^* said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!” ¹⁷And Jesus answered and^* said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this^* to you, but my Father who is in heaven. ¹⁸And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it! ¹⁹I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound^e in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will be released^f in heaven.” ²⁰Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was the Christ.

Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection

²¹From that time on Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised on the third day. ²²And Peter took him aside and^* began to rebuke him, saying, God forbid,^g Lord! This will never happen to you!” ²³But he turned around and^* said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a cause for stumbling to me, because you are not intent on the things of God, but the things of people!”

Taking Up One’s Cross to Follow Jesus

²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. ²⁵For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of me will find it. ²⁶For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life? ²⁷For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and at that time he will reward each one according to what he has done.^h ²⁸Truly I say to you, that there are some of those standing here who will never experience death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

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Matthew 16:16: Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Footnotes

*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal
cLiterally “of Philip”
*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began asking”)
dLiterally “those on the one hand”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
eOr “will have been bound”
fOr “will have been released”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took … aside”) has been translated as a finite verb
gLiterally “merciful to you”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“turned around”) has been translated as a finite verb
hLiterally “his activity”