The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign in the sky. 
“In the evening when the sky is red, you say good weather is coming,” Jesus replied. “And when the sky is red in the morning you say a storm is coming. You know how to tell the weather from the sky, but you don’t know how to tell the signs of the times. 
An evil and cheating generation of people look for a sign, but they will not be giving a sign, except for Jonah’s sign.” 
Jesus walked away from them. 

Later, Jesus’s followers arrived at the shore, but they forgot to bring any bread. 
Jesus warned them, “Be careful of the Pharisees and Sadducees’ yeast” The disciples talked together and said, “He said that because we didn’t bring any bread.” 
Jesus overheard them. “You have almost no faith. Why are you talking about not bringing any bread? Don’t you remember the five bread loaves that fed 5000 people and how many leftovers there were? Or what about the seven loaves of bread for the 4000 people and how many leftovers there were then? Don’t you understand that when I told you to be careful about the Pharisees and Sadducees’ yeast, I wasn’t talking about bread?” 
The disciples then understood that Jesus was not telling them to be careful of yeast in bread, but what the Pharisees and Sadducees were teaching. 

Jesus travelled to Caesarea Philippi. He quizzed his disciples, “Who do people say is the son of man?” 
“Some say John the Baptist,” they replied. “Others say Elijah or Jeremiah or one of the other prophets” 
“Who do you say I am?” Jesus asked. 
Simon Peter answered, “You are Christ, the son of the living God.” 
“Bless you, Simon, son of John!” Jesus said. “A human did not reveal this to you. My Father in heaven did. I’m also naming you Peter (rock), and I will build my church on this rock and the gates of hell will not overpower it. I will give you the keys to the heavenly kingdom and whatever you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven and what you permit on the earth will be made permitted in the heaven.” 
Jesus then told the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ. From then on, he explained to his followers that he needed to go to Jerusalem and suffer at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed but raised from the dead on the third day. 
Peter took Jesus aside and told him off for saying what he said. “This won’t happen, Lord. This won’t ever happen to you.” 
“Get behind me, Satan!” Jesus said. “You are an obstacle to me. Your thoughts are human thoughts, not Godly thoughts.” 
Jesus then said to all of his disciples, “If anyone wants me, they need to refuse themself and take up their cross and follow me. Whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life because of me will find it. What benefit is it for a person if they gain everything in the world but lose their life? What will a person give in exchange for their life? The Son of Man will come in the glory of his father with his angels, and then he’ll reward everyone for the actions they did. I’m telling you, there are some people standing here who will not die until they have seen the Son of Man become King.” 

To read the next chapters, you might like to follow and subscribe to this blog!

---

Continue exploring Matthew 16

If you’d like to read Matthew 16 in other translations, here are a few BibleHub links:
For a translation that aims to be word-for-word, try Matthew 16 in the English Standard Version.
For a translation that aims to be more thought-for-thought, try Matthew 16 in the New International Version.
For a translation that aims to communicate the overall meaning, try Matthew 16 in the Contemporary English Version.

If you prefer to read the Bible in a hard-copy format, here are cheaper versions from Amazon:
[These are Amazon affiliate links which support the production of this blog]
For a translation that aims to be word-for-word, ESV Economy Bible
For a translation that aims to be more thought-for-thought, NIV, Economy Bible, Paperback: Accurate. Readable. Clear.
For a translation that aims to communicate the overall meaning, Holy Bible: Contemporary English Version

If you’d like to explore Matthew in more depth, here are some commentaries I would recommend:
[These are Amazon affiliate links which support the production of this blog]
Easy to access commentaries that include life applications:
The NIV Application Commentary: Matthew
Matthew (The Story of God Bible Commentary)
For a commentary that goes into more depth:
The Gospel of Matthew (The New International Commentary on the New Testament)