Matthew 16:17-27

New International Version

¹⁷Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood,^(A) but by my Father in heaven.^(B) ¹⁸And I tell you that you are Peter,^[a]^(C) and on this rock I will build my church,^(D) and the gates of Hades^[b] will not overcome it. ¹⁹I will give you the keys^(E) of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be^[c] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be^[d] loosed in heaven.”^(F) ²⁰Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone^(G) that he was the Messiah.

Jesus Predicts His Death^(H)

²¹From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem^(I) and suffer many things^(J) at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law,^(K) and that he must be killed^(L) and on the third day^(M) be raised to life.^(N)

²²Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”

²³Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan!^(O) You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.^(P) ²⁵For whoever wants to save their life^[e] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.^(Q) ²⁶What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? ²⁷For the Son of Man^(R) is going to come^(S) in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.^(T)