MODERN LITERAL VERSION

16:1 And having come to him, the Pharisees and Sadducees testing him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
16:2 But answering, he said to them, When it becomes evening, you* say, It will be fair-weather; for* the heaven is red.
16:3 And in the morning, There will be a storm today; for* the heaven is red and dismal. Hypocrites! You* indeed know how to discern the face of the heaven, but you* are not able to discern the signs of the times.
16:4 An evil and adulterous generation is seeking after a sign, and no sign will be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet. And he left them and went away.

16:5 And his disciples came to the other side and forgot to take bread.
16:6 And Jesus said to them, See and take-heed of things from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

16:7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we took no bread.

16:8 And Jesus having known it, said to them, O you* of little faith, why are you* reasoning among yourselves, because you* took no bread?
16:9 Do you* not yet perceive, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you* took up?
16:10 Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many baskets you* took up?
16:11 How is it that you* do not perceive that I did not speak to you* concerning bread, but to take-heed of things from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?
16:12 Then they understood that he did not say to take-heed of things from the leaven of bread, but of things from the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

16:13 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say, the Son of Man is?

16:14 And they said, Some say John the Immerser*; others, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.

16:15 He says to them, But who do you* say that I am?

16:16 And Simon Peter answering, said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

16:17 And Jesus answering, said to him, You are fortunate, Simon, Son of Jonah, because flesh and blood has not revealed it to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
16:18 And I also say to you, that you are {F} Peter and upon this, {F} the rock, I will build my {F} congregation*, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against her.
16:19 I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven and whatever you bind upon the earth will be, having already been bound in the heavens, and whatever you loose upon the earth will be, having already been loosed in the heavens.
16:20 Then he ordered the disciples that* they should tell no one that he was Jesus Christ.
{Mk 8:31-9:1 & Mt 16:21-28 & Lk 9:22-27 Caesarea Philippi.}

16:21 From then, Jesus began to show to his disciples, that it is essential for him to go to Jerusalem and to suffer many things from the elders and high-priests and scribes and to be killed and to arise in the third day.
16:22 And Peter took him and began to rebuke him, saying, God will be lenient to you, Lord. This will never* be happening to you.

16:23 But he turned and said to Peter, Go behind me, Adversary! You are an offense to me, because you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.

16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, If anyone is willing to come after me, let him deny himself and lift up his cross and follow me.
16:25 For* whoever wishes to save his life, will lose it and whoever loses his life because of me, will find it.
16:26 For* in what is a man profited, if he gains the whole world and should forfeit his soul? Or what shall a man give as an exchange for his soul?
16:27 For* the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his messengers, and then he will give to everyone according to his practices.
16:28 Assuredly I say to you*, Some of those who are standing here, may never* taste of death, until they should see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.
{Footnotes: Mt 16:18 - These words are different in Greek. Peter translated is a ‘pebble' and the other word is ‘rock' as in ‘a massive rock or rock foundation,' the kind of rock that the wise man built his house on in Mt 7:24-25. Or: church/the one true church, Eph 4:1-6; discussed more in the Appendix.}
{Mk 9:2-13 & Mt 17:1-13 & Lk 9:28-36 Caesarea Philippi.}