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| 1When the Pharisees and Sadducees arrived, in order to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. | 1Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. |
| 2He replied to them, "You say, 'Red sky at night, what a delight! | 2He said, "When evening comes you say, 'It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,' |
| 3Red sky in the morning, cloudy and storming.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, yet you can't interpret the signs of the times? | 3and in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.' You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times. |
| 4An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away. | 4A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away. |
| 5When his disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to take any bread along. | 5When the disciples went to the other side, they forgot to take bread. |
| 6Jesus told them, "Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!" | 6"Watch out," Jesus said to them, "beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees." |
| 7As they began to discuss this among themselves, they kept saying, "We didn't bring along any bread." | 7So they began to discuss this among themselves, saying, "It is because we brought no bread." |
| 8Knowing this, Jesus asked them, "You who have little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you don't have any bread? | 8When Jesus learned of this, he said, "You who have such little faith! Why are you arguing among yourselves about having no bread? |
| 9Don't you understand yet? Don't you remember the five loaves for the 5,000 and how many baskets you collected, | 9Do you still not understand? Don't you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? |
| 10or the seven loaves for the 4,000 and how many baskets you collected? | 10Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets you took up? |
| 11How can you fail to understand that I wasn't talking to you about bread? Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!" | 11How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!" |
| 12Then they understood that he did not say to beware of the yeast used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. | 12Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. |
| 13When Jesus had come to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?" | 13When Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" |
| 14They said, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." | 14They answered, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." |
| 15He asked them, "But who do you say I am?" | 15He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" |
| 16Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!" | 16Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." |
| 17Then Jesus told him, "How blessed you are, Simon son of Jonah, since flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, though my Father in heaven has. | 17And Jesus answered him, "You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven! |
| 18I tell you that you are Peter, and it is on this rock that I will build my congregation, and the powers of hell will not conquer it. | 18And I tell 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 to the kingdom from heaven. Whatever you prohibit on earth will have been prohibited in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted in heaven." | 19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven." |
| 20Then he strictly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah. | 20Then he instructed his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ. |
| 21From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer a great deal because of the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised. | 21From that time on Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. |
| 22Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, "God be merciful to you, Lord! This must never happen to you!" | 22So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him: "God forbid, Lord! This must not happen to you!" |
| 23But Jesus turned and told Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are an offense to me, because you are not thinking God's thoughts but human thoughts!" | 23But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but on man's." |
| 24Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continuously. | 24Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. |
| 25Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it, | 25For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. |
| 26because what profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life? | 26For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life? |
| 27The Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone according to what he has done. | 27For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. |
| 28I tell all of you with certainty, some people standing here will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom." | 28I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom." |
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