1And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

2He answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'

3And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

4An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and departed.

5When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread.

6Jesus said to them, "Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

7And they began discussing it among themselves, saying, "We brought no bread."

8But Jesus, aware of this, said, "O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?

9Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?

10Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?

11How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

12Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

13Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"

14And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."

15He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

16Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

17And 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.

18And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

20Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.