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Matthew 16 (WEBP)

[1] The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
[2] But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’
[3] In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times!
[4] An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them and departed.
[5] The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.
[6] Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
[7] They reasoned among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.”
[8] Jesus, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, because you have brought no bread?
[9] Don’t you yet perceive or remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up,
[10] or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
[11] How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
[12] Then they understood that he didn’t tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
[13] Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
[14] They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, 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 the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
[17] Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
[18] I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
[19] I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”
[20] Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.
[21] From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
[22] Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”
[23] But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.”
[24] Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
[25] For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
[26] For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
[27] For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will give to everyone according to his deeds.
[28] Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”

Matthew 16:18a Peter’s name, Petros in Greek, is the word for a specific rock or stone.
Matthew 16:18b Greek, petra, a rock mass or bedrock.
Matthew 16:18c or, Hell

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Matthew 16 (KJVS)

[1] The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, () and tempting () desired () him that he would shew () 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 to day: for the sky is red () and lowring. () 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 Jonas. And he left () them, and departed. ()
[5] And when his disciples were 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] Which when Jesus perceived, () 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] Neither 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 spake () it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware () of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
[12] Then understood they () how that he bade () them not beware () of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
[13] When Jesus came () into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked () his disciples, saying, () Whom do men say () that I the Son of man am? ()
[14] And they said, () Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
[15] He saith () unto them, But whom say () ye that I am? ()
[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-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed () it unto thee, but my Father which 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 charged he () his disciples that they should tell () no man that he was () Jesus the Christ.
[21] From that time forth began () Jesus to shew () unto his disciples, how 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 be () unto thee.
[23] But he turned, () and said () unto Peter, Get thee () behind me, Satan: thou () art an offence unto me: for thou savourest () not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
[24] Then said () Jesus 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 be () some standing () here, which shall not taste () of death, till they see () the Son of man coming () in his kingdom.

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Matthew 16 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () προσελθόντες () οἱ () Φαρισαῖοι () καὶ () Σαδδουκαῖοι () πειράζοντες () ἐπηρώτησαν () αὐτὸν () σημεῖον () ἐκ () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () ἐπιδεῖξαι () αὐτοῖς. ()
[2] Ὁ () δὲ () ἀποκριθεὶς () εἶπεν () αὐτοῖς, () Ὀψίας () γενομένης () λέγετε, () Εὐδία· () πυρράζει () γὰρ () ὁ () οὐρανός. ()
[3] Καὶ () πρωΐ, () Σήμερον () χειμών· () πυρράζει () γὰρ () στυγνάζων () ὁ () οὐρανός. () Ὑποκριταί, () τὸ () μὲν () πρόσωπον () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () γινώσκετε () διακρίνειν, () τὰ () δὲ () σημεῖα () τῶν () καιρῶν () οὐ () δύνασθε; ()
[4] Γενεὰ () πονηρὰ () καὶ () μοιχαλὶς () σημεῖον () ἐπιζητεῖ· () καὶ () σημεῖον () οὐ () δοθήσεται () αὐτῇ, () εἰ () μὴ () τὸ () σημεῖον () Ἰωνᾶ () τοῦ () προφήτου. () Καὶ () καταλιπὼν () αὐτούς, () ἀπῆλθεν. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἐλθόντες () οἱ () μαθηταὶ () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () τὸ () πέραν () ἐπελάθοντο () ἄρτους () λαβεῖν. ()
[6] Ὁ () δὲ () Ἰησοῦς () εἶπεν () αὐτοῖς, () Ὁρᾶτε () καὶ () προσέχετε () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ζύμης () τῶν () Φαρισαίων () καὶ () Σαδδουκαίων. ()
[7] Οἱ () δὲ () διελογίζοντο () ἐν () ἑαυτοῖς, () λέγοντες () ὅτι () Ἄρτους () οὐκ () ἐλάβομεν. ()
[8] Γνοὺς () δὲ () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς () εἶπεν () αὐτοῖς, () Τί () διαλογίζεσθε () ἐν () ἑαυτοῖς, () ὀλιγόπιστοι, () ὅτι () ἄρτους () οὐκ () ἐλάβετε; ()
[9] Οὔπω () νοεῖτε, () οὐδὲ () μνημονεύετε () τοὺς () πέντε () ἄρτους () τῶν () πεντακισχιλίων, () καὶ () πόσους () κοφίνους () ἐλάβετε; ()
[10] Οὐδὲ () τοὺς () ἑπτὰ () ἄρτους () τῶν () τετρακισχιλίων, () καὶ () πόσας () σπυρίδας () ἐλάβετε; ()
[11] Πῶς () οὐ () νοεῖτε, () ὅτι () οὐ () περὶ () ἄρτου () εἶπον () ὑμῖν () προσέχειν () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ζύμης () τῶν () Φαρισαίων () καὶ () Σαδδουκαίων; ()
[12] Τότε () συνῆκαν () ὅτι () οὐκ () εἶπεν () προσέχειν () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ζύμης () τοῦ () ἄρτου, () ἀλλὰ () ἀπὸ () τῆς () διδαχῆς () τῶν () Φαρισαίων () καὶ () Σαδδουκαίων. ()
[13] Ἐλθὼν () δὲ () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς () εἰς () τὰ () μέρη () Καισαρείας () τῆς () Φιλίππου () ἠρώτα () τοὺς () μαθητὰς () αὐτοῦ, () λέγων, () Τίνα () με () λέγουσιν () οἱ () ἄνθρωποι () εἶναι, () τὸν () υἱὸν () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου; ()
[14] Οἱ () δὲ () εἶπον, () Οἱ () μὲν () Ἰωάννην () τὸν () βαπτιστήν· () ἄλλοι () δὲ () Ἠλίαν· () ἕτεροι () δὲ () Ἰερεμίαν, () ἢ () ἕνα () τῶν () προφητῶν. ()
[15] Λέγει () αὐτοῖς, () Ὑμεῖς () δὲ () τίνα () με () λέγετε () εἶναι; ()
[16] Ἀποκριθεὶς () δὲ () Σίμων () Πέτρος () εἶπεν, () Σὺ () εἶ () ὁ () χριστὸς () ὁ () υἱὸς () τοῦ () θεοῦ () τοῦ () ζῶντος. ()
[17] Καὶ () ἀποκριθεὶς () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ, () Μακάριος () εἶ, () Σίμων () Βαριωνᾶ, () ὅτι () σὰρξ () καὶ () αἷμα () οὐκ () ἀπεκάλυψέν () σοι, () ἀλλ’ () ὁ () πατήρ () μου () ὁ () ἐν () τοῖς () οὐρανοῖς. ()
[18] Κἀγὼ () δέ () σοι () λέγω, () ὅτι () σὺ () εἶ () Πέτρος, () καὶ () ἐπὶ () ταύτῃ () τῇ () πέτρᾳ () οἰκοδομήσω () μου () τὴν () ἐκκλησίαν, () καὶ () πύλαι () ᾍδου () οὐ () κατισχύσουσιν () αὐτῆς. ()
[19] Καὶ () δώσω () σοὶ () τὰς () κλεῖς () τῆς () βασιλείας () τῶν () οὐρανῶν· () καὶ () ὃ () ἐὰν () δήσῃς () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () ἔσται () δεδεμένον () ἐν () τοῖς () οὐρανοῖς· () καὶ () ὃ () ἐὰν () λύσῃς () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () ἔσται () λελυμένον () ἐν () τοῖς () οὐρανοῖς. ()
[20] Τότε () διεστείλατο () τοῖς () μαθηταῖς () αὐτοῦ () ἵνα () μηδενὶ () εἴπωσιν () ὅτι () αὐτός () ἐστιν () Ἰησοῦς () ὁ () χριστός. ()
[21] Ἀπὸ () τότε () ἤρξατο () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς () δεικνύειν () τοῖς () μαθηταῖς () αὐτοῦ () ὅτι () δεῖ () αὐτὸν () ἀπελθεῖν () εἰς () Ἱεροσόλυμα, () καὶ () πολλὰ () παθεῖν () ἀπὸ () τῶν () πρεσβυτέρων () καὶ () ἀρχιερέων () καὶ () γραμματέων, () καὶ () ἀποκτανθῆναι, () καὶ () τῇ () τρίτῃ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐγερθῆναι. ()
[22] Καὶ () προσλαβόμενος () αὐτὸν () ὁ () Πέτρος () ἤρξατο () ἐπιτιμᾷν () αὐτῷ () λέγων, () Ἵλεώς () σοι, () κύριε· () οὐ () μὴ () ἔσται () σοι () τοῦτο. ()
[23] Ὁ () δὲ () στραφεὶς () εἶπεν () τῷ () Πέτρῳ, () Ὕπαγε () ὀπίσω () μου, () Σατανᾶ, () σκάνδαλόν () μου () εἶ· () ὅτι () οὐ () φρονεῖς () τὰ () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () ἀλλὰ () τὰ () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων. ()
[24] Τότε () ὁ () Ἰησοῦς () εἶπεν () τοῖς () μαθηταῖς () αὐτοῦ, () Εἴ () τις () θέλει () ὀπίσω () μου () ἐλθεῖν, () ἀπαρνησάσθω () ἑαυτόν, () καὶ () ἀράτω () τὸν () σταυρὸν () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἀκολουθείτω () μοι. ()
[25] Ὃς () γὰρ () ἂν () θέλῃ () τὴν () ψυχὴν () αὐτοῦ () σῶσαι, () ἀπολέσει () αὐτήν· () ὃς () δ’ () ἂν () ἀπολέσῃ () τὴν () ψυχὴν () αὐτοῦ () ἕνεκεν () ἐμοῦ () εὑρήσει () αὐτήν· ()
[26] τί () γὰρ () ὠφελεῖται () ἄνθρωπος () ἐὰν () τὸν () κόσμον () ὅλον () κερδήσῃ, () τὴν () δὲ () ψυχὴν () αὐτοῦ () ζημιωθῇ; () Ἢ () τί () δώσει () ἄνθρωπος () ἀντάλλαγμα () τῆς () ψυχῆς () αὐτοῦ; ()
[27] Μέλλει () γὰρ () ὁ () υἱὸς () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου () ἔρχεσθαι () ἐν () τῇ () δόξῃ () τοῦ () πατρὸς () αὐτοῦ () μετὰ () τῶν () ἀγγέλων () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () τότε () ἀποδώσει () ἑκάστῳ () κατὰ () τὴν () πρᾶξιν () αὐτοῦ. ()
[28] Ἀμὴν () λέγω () ὑμῖν, () εἰσίν () τινες () ὧδε () ἑστῶτες, () οἵτινες () οὐ () μὴ () γεύσωνται () θανάτου, () ἕως () ἂν () ἴδωσιν () τὸν () υἱὸν () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου () ἐρχόμενον () ἐν () τῇ () βασιλείᾳ () αὐτοῦ. ()

Matthew 16:1 οἱ ¦ [WH]
Matthew 16:2 Ὀψίας … δύνασθε ¦ [NA] ¦ [[WH]] ¦ PT Ὀψίας … δύνασθε [γνῶναι] (and cf. next note)
Matthew 16:3 Ὑποκριταί ¦ [PT] ¦ CT om. (cf. last note)
Matthew 16:4 τοῦ προφήτου ¦ CT om.
Matthew 16:5 αὐτοῦ ¦ CT om.
Matthew 16:8a αὐτοῖς ¦ CT om.
Matthew 16:8b ἐλάβετε ¦ NA TH WH ἔχετε
Matthew 16:10 σπυρίδας ¦ WH σφυρίδας
Matthew 16:11a ἄρτου ¦ CT ἄρτων
Matthew 16:11b προσέχειν ¦ CT προσέχετε δὲ
Matthew 16:12a τοῦ ἄρτου ¦ NA SBL TH τῶν ἄρτων ¦ WH [τῶν ἄρτων]
Matthew 16:12b ἀλλὰ ¦ NA28 PT TR ἀλλ
Matthew 16:13a Καισαρείας ¦ WH Καισαρίας
Matthew 16:13b με ¦ CT om.
Matthew 16:14a εἶπον ¦ NA SBL WH εἶπαν
Matthew 16:14b Ἰωάννην … Ἠλίαν ¦ WH Ἰωάνην … Ἠλείαν
Matthew 16:17a Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ¦ CT Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ
Matthew 16:17b τοῖς ¦ [WH]
Matthew 16:19a Καὶ ¦ CT om.
Matthew 16:19b κλεῖς ¦ CT κλεῖδας
Matthew 16:20a διεστείλατο ¦ WH ἐπετίμησεν
Matthew 16:20b αὐτοῦ ¦ CT om.
Matthew 16:20c Ἰησοῦς ¦ [PT] ¦ CT PCK om.
Matthew 16:21a ὁ Ἰησοῦς ¦ WH Ἰησοῦς χριστὸς
Matthew 16:21b ἀπελθεῖν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ¦ CT εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀπελθεῖν
Matthew 16:22 Ἵλεώς ¦ TH Εἵλεώς
Matthew 16:23 μου εἶ ¦ CT εἶ ἐμοῦ
Matthew 16:24 ὁ ¦ [WH]
Matthew 16:25 ἂν ¦ CT ἐὰν
Matthew 16:26 ὠφελεῖται ¦ CT ὠφεληθήσεται
Matthew 16:28a ὑμῖν ¦ CT ὑμῖν ὅτι
Matthew 16:28b ὧδε ἑστῶτες ¦ CT τῶν ὧδε ἑστώτων ¦ PT TR τῶν ὧδε ἑστηκότων

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