1 The Pharisees and Sadducees appeared. They wanted to put Jesus to the test and asked him for some heavenly sign.
2 Jesus answered, "(When evening comes, you say: 'It will be a good day for the sky is red.'
3 And in the morning you say: 'Stormy weather today, for the sky in the east is red.' If you know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, why can't you interpret the signs of the times?)
4 An evil and unbelieving people want a sign, but no sign will be given them except the sign of Jonah." So Jesus left them and went away.
5 When the disciples went to the other side, they forgot to take bread.
6 It was then that Jesus said to them, "Beware and do not trust the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
7 And the disciples said to one another, "He means the bread we did not bring."
8 Jesus was aware of this, so he said to them, "You of little faith! Why do you speak about the bread you haven't got?
9 Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many baskets you gathered?
10 Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many wicker baskets you gathered?
11 How can you fail to understand that I was not talking of bread when I told you: Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees?"
12 Then they understood that he was not talking of yeast for bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
13 After that Jesus came to Caesarea Philippi. He asked his disciples, "What do people say of the Son of Man? Who do they say I am?"
14 They said, "For some of them you are John the Baptist, for others Elijah or Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
15 Jesus asked them, "But you, who do you say I am?"
16 Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."
17 Jesus replied, "It is well for you, Simon Barjona, for it is not flesh or blood that has revealed this to you but my Father in heaven.
18 And now I say to you: You are Peter (or Rock) and on this rock I will build my Church; and never will the powers of death overcome it.
19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and what you unbind on earth shall be unbound in heaven."
20 Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.
21 From that day Jesus began to make it clear to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem; he would suffer many things from the Jewish authorities, the chief priests and the teachers of the Law. He would be killed and be raised on the third day.
22 Then Peter took him aside and began to reproach him, "Never, Lord! No, this must never happen to you."
23 But Jesus turned to him and said, "Get behind me, Satan! You would have me stumble. You are their King not as God does, but as people do."
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If you want to follow me, deny yourself, take up your cross and follow me.
25 For whoever chooses to save his life will lose it, but the one who loses his life for my sake will find it.
26 What will one gain by winning the whole world if he destroys himself? There is nothing you can give to recover your own self.
27 Know that the Son of Man will come in the Glory of his Father with the holy angels, and he will reward each one according to his deeds.
28 Truly, I tell you, there are some here who will not die before they see the Son of Man coming as king."
Versículos relacionados com Matthew, 16:
Matthew chapter 16 presents a series of important teachings and events in the life of Jesus and his disciples. Initially, Jesus rebukes the Pharisees and Sadducees who ask for a sign of heaven, indicating that they know how to interpret time, but do not recognize the own Son of God. He then asks his disciples a question about his identity, and Peter answers that He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Jesus then makes a promise to Peter and gives instructions to his disciples about his mission and the importance of taking the cross and following Christ. Next, five verses related to the topics addressed in São Matthew 16:
John 6:68-69: "Simon Peter answered, Lord, to whom we will? You have the words of eternal life. And we have believed and known that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God." As in Matthew 16, Peter declares the identity of Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the Living God.
Mark 8:34: "And calling himself the multitude, with his disciples, he said unto them, If anyone wants to come after me, deny himself, and take his cross, and follow me." In this verse, Jesus gives instructions similar to those He gave to His disciples in Matthew 16, about the importance of taking the cross and following Christ.
Luke 9:23: "And he said to all, If anyone wants to come after me, deny himself, and take his cross every day, and follow me." This verse presents a similar version of Jesus' instruction about taking the cross and following it.
Philippians 2:5-8: "So that there is the same feeling that there was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in God's form, was not used to being equal to God, but emptied Himself, taking The form of the servant, making himself similar to men, and found in the form of man, humbled himself, being obedient to death, and death of the cross. " This verse talks about the humility and obedience of Christ, and the importance of following Him in His humility.
Colossians 1:15-17: "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation, for in him all things in heaven and earth were created, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, dominations, or principalists , be powerful; everything was created by Him and to Him. He is before all things, and in it all things subsist. " This verse talks about Christ's position as the Son of God and the Creator of all things.
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