Matthew 16:13-28 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Matthew 16:13-28

Peter Confesses Jesus Is the Christ

13 ^aNow when Jesus came into the district of ^bCaesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, saying, “Who do people say that ^cthe Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say ^aJohn the Baptist; and others, ¹^bElijah; but still others, ²Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.” 15 He *said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, “You are ¹^athe Christ, ^bthe Son of ^cthe living God.” 17 And Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, ^aSimon ¹Bar-Jonah, because ^bflesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also say to you that you are ¹^aPeter, and upon this ²rock I will build My church; and the gates of ^bHades will not overpower it. 19 I will give you ^athe keys of the kingdom of heaven; and ^bwhatever you bind on earth ¹shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth ¹shall have been loosed in heaven.” 20 ^aThen He ¹warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the ²^bChrist.

Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection

21 ^aFrom that time ¹Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and ^bsuffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day. 22 And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “¹God forbid it, Lord! This shall never ²happen to You.” 23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, ^aSatan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on ¹God’s interests, but man’s.”

Take Up Your Cross

24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and ^atake up his cross and follow Me. 25 For ^awhoever wishes to save his ¹life will lose it; but whoever loses his ¹life 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 ^aSon of Man ^bis going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and ^cwill then ¹repay each one according to his ²deeds.
28 “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the ^aSon of Man ^bcoming in His kingdom.”