Matthew 16:17-21:46 And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood has not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.

Darby⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood has not revealed [it] to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens. ¹⁸ And *I* also, I say unto thee that *thou* art Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and hades` gates shall not prevail against it. ¹⁹ And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be bound in the heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest loose on the earth shall be loosed in the heavens. ²⁰ Then he enjoined on his disciples that they should say to no man that he was the Christ. ²¹ From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples that he must go away to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised. ²² And Peter taking him to [him] began to rebuke him, saying, [God] be favourable to thee, Lord; this shall in no wise be unto thee. ²³ But turning round, he said to Peter, Get away behind me, Satan; thou art an offence to me, for thy mind is not on the things that are of God, but on the things that are of men. ²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. ²⁵ For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it. ²⁶ For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? ²⁷ For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to each according to his doings. ²⁸ Verily I say unto you, There are some of those standing here that shall not taste of death at all until they shall have seen the Son of man coming in his kingdom. ¹⁷ ¹ And after six days Jesus takes with [him] Peter, and James, and John his brother, and brings them up into a high mountain apart. ² And he was transfigured before them. And his face shone as the sun, and his garments became white as the light; ³ and lo, Moses and Elias appeared to them talking with him. ⁴ And Peter answering said to Jesus, Lord, it is good we should be here. If thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles: for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elias. ⁵ While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, *This* is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight: hear him. ⁶ And the disciples hearing [it] fell upon their faces, and were greatly terrified. ⁷ And Jesus coming to [them] touched them, and said, Rise up, and be not terrified. ⁸ And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus alone. ⁹ And as they descended from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no one, until the Son of man be risen up from among [the] dead. ¹⁰ And [his] disciples demanded of him saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first have come? ¹¹ And he answering said to them, Elias indeed comes first and will restore all things. ¹² But I say unto you that Elias has already come, and they have not known him, but have done unto him whatever they would. Thus also the Son of man is about to suffer from them. ¹³ Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the baptist. ¹⁴ And when they came to the crowd, a man came to him, falling on his knees before him, and saying, ¹⁵ Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is lunatic, and suffers sorely; for often he falls into the fire and often into the water. ¹⁶ And I brought him to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him. ¹⁷ And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to me. ¹⁸ And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out from him, and the boy was healed from that hour. ¹⁹ Then the disciples, coming to Jesus apart, said [to him], Why were not *we* able to cast him out? ²⁰ And he says to them, Because of your unbelief; for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard [seed], ye shall say to this mountain, Be transported hence there, and it shall transport itself; and nothing shall be impossible to you. ²¹ But this kind does not go out but by prayer and fasting. ²² And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is about to be delivered up into [the] hands of men, ²³ and they shall kill him; and the third day he shall be raised up. And they were greatly grieved. ²⁴ And when they came to Capernaum, those who received the didrachmas came to Peter and said, Does your teacher not pay the didrachmas? ²⁵ He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What dost thou think, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they receive custom or tribute? from their own sons or from strangers? ²⁶ Peter says to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Then are the sons free. ²⁷ But that we may not be an offence to them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up, and when thou hast opened its mouth thou wilt find a stater; take that and give it to them for me and thee. ¹⁸ ¹ In that hour the disciples came to Jesus saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens? ² And Jesus having called a little child to [him], set it in their midst, ³ and said, Verily I say to you, Unless ye are converted and become as little children, ye will not at all enter into the kingdom of the heavens. ⁴ Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, *he* is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens; ⁵ and whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name, receives me. ⁶ But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were profitable for him that a great millstone had been hanged upon his neck and he be sunk in the depths of the sea. ⁷ Woe to the world because of offences! For it must needs be that offences come; yet woe to that man by whom the offence comes! ⁸ And if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut it off and cast [it] from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life lame or maimed, [rather] than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire. ⁹ And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast [it] from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life one-eyed, [rather] than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire. ¹⁰ See that ye do not despise one of these little ones; for I say unto you that their angels in [the] heavens continually behold the face of my Father who is in [the] heavens. ¹¹ For the Son of man has come to save that which was lost. ¹² What think ye? If a certain man should have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not, leaving the ninety and nine on the mountains, go and seek the one that has gone astray? ¹³ And if it should come to pass that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more because of it than because of the ninety and nine not gone astray. ¹⁴ So it is not the will of your Father who is in [the] heavens that one of these little ones should perish. ¹⁵ But if thy brother sin against thee, go, reprove him between thee and him alone. If he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. ¹⁶ But if he do not hear [thee], take with thee one or two besides, that every matter may stand upon the word of two witnesses or of three. ¹⁷ But if he will not listen to them, tell it to the assembly; and if also he will not listen to the assembly, let him be to thee as one of the nations and a tax-gatherer. ¹⁸ Verily I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on the earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on the earth shall be loosed in heaven. ¹⁹ Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on the earth concerning any matter, whatsoever it may be that they shall ask, it shall come to them from my Father who is in [the] heavens. ²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together unto my name, there am I in the midst of them. ²¹ Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? until seven times? ²² Jesus says to him, I say not to thee until seven times, but until seventy times seven. ²³ For this cause the kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who would reckon with his bondmen. ²⁴ And having begun to reckon, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him. ²⁵ But he not having anything to pay, [his] lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and his children, and everything that he had, and that payment should be made. ²⁶ The bondman therefore falling down did him homage, saying, Lord, have patience with me and I will pay thee all. ²⁷ And the lord of that bondman, being moved with compassion, loosed him and forgave him the loan. ²⁸ But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay [me] if thou owest anything. ²⁹ His fellow-bondman therefore, having fallen down [at his feet], besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee. ³⁰ But he would not, but went away and cast him into prison, until he should pay what was owing. ³¹ But his fellow-bondmen, having seen what had taken place, were greatly grieved, and went and recounted to their lord all that had taken place. ³² Then his lord, having called him to [him], says to him, Wicked bondman! I forgave thee all that debt because thou besoughtest me; ³³ shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-bondman, as *I* also had compassion on thee? ³⁴ And his lord being angry delivered him to the tormentors till he paid all that was owing to him. ³⁵ Thus also my heavenly Father shall do to you if ye forgive not from your hearts every one his brother. ¹⁹ ¹ And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, he withdrew from Galilee, and came to the coasts of Judaea beyond the Jordan; ² and great crowds followed him, and he healed them there. ³ And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? ⁴ But he answering said [to them], Have ye not read that he who made [them], from the beginning made them male and female, ⁵ and said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh? ⁶ so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. ⁷ They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a letter of divorce and to send [her] away? ⁸ He says to them, Moses, in view of your hardheartedness, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not thus. ⁹ But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, not for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery; and he who marries one put away commits adultery. ¹⁰ His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. ¹¹ And he said to them, All cannot receive this word, but those to whom it has been given; ¹² for there are eunuchs which have been born thus from [their] mother`s womb; and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs who have made eunuchs of themselves for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. He that is able to receive [it], let him receive [it]. ¹³ Then there were brought to him little children that he might lay his hands on them and pray; but the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴ But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and do not hinder them from coming to me; for the kingdom of the heavens is of such: ¹⁵ and having laid his hands upon them, he departed thence. ¹⁶ And lo, one coming up said to him, Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have life eternal? ¹⁷ And he said to him, What askest thou me concerning goodness? one is good. But if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments. ¹⁸ He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, ¹⁹ Honour thy father and thy mother, and Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. ²⁰ The young man says to him, All these have I kept; what lack I yet? ²¹ Jesus said to him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell what thou hast and give to [the] poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me. ²² But the young man, having heard the word, went away grieved, for he had large possessions. ²³ And Jesus said to his disciples, Verily I say unto you, A rich man shall with difficulty enter into the kingdom of the heavens; ²⁴ and again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to enter a needle`s eye than a rich man into the kingdom of God. ²⁵ And when the disciples heard [it] they were exceedingly astonished, saying, Who then can be saved? ²⁶ But Jesus, looking on [them], said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. ²⁷ Then Peter answering said to him, Behold, *we* have left all things and have followed thee; what then shall happen to us? ²⁸ And Jesus said to them, Verily I say unto you, That *ye* who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit down upon his throne of glory, *ye* also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹ And every one who has left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name`s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit life eternal. ³⁰ But many first shall be last, and last first. ²⁰ ¹ For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard. ² And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius the day, he sent them into his vineyard. ³ And having gone out about [the] third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle; ⁴ and to them he said, Go also ye into the vineyard, and whatsoever may be just I will give you. And they went their way. ⁵ Again, having gone out about the sixth and ninth hour, he did likewise. ⁶ But about the eleventh [hour], having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? ⁷ They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He says to them, Go also ye into the vineyard [and whatsoever may be just ye shall receive]. ⁸ But when the evening was come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the workmen and pay [them] their wages, beginning from the last even to the first. ⁹ And when they [who came to work] about the eleventh hour came, they received each a denarius. ¹⁰ And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they received also themselves each a denarius. ¹¹ And on receiving it they murmured against the master of the house, ¹² saying, These last have worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat. ¹³ But he answering said to one of them, [My] friend, I do not wrong thee. Didst thou not agree with me for a denarius? ¹⁴ Take what is thine and go. But it is my will to give to this last even as to thee: ¹⁵ is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because *I* am good? ¹⁶ Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones. ¹⁷ And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples with [him] apart in the way, and said to them, ¹⁸ Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death; ¹⁹ and they will deliver him up to the nations to mock and to scourge and to crucify, and the third day he shall rise again. ²⁰ Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, doing homage, and asking something of him. ²¹ And he said to her, What wilt thou? She says to him, Speak [the word] that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand and one on thy left in thy kingdom. ²² And Jesus answering said, Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye drink the cup which *I* am about to drink? They say to him, We are able. ²³ [And] he says to them, Ye shall drink indeed my cup, but to sit on my right hand and on [my] left, is not mine to give, but to those for whom it is prepared of my Father. ²⁴ And the ten, having heard [of it], were indignant about the two brothers. ²⁵ But Jesus having called them to [him], said, Ye know that the rulers of the nations exercise lordship over them, and the great exercise authority over them. ²⁶ It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant; ²⁷ and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman; ²⁸ as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many. ²⁹ And as they went out from Jericho a great crowd followed him. ³⁰ And lo, two blind men, sitting by the wayside, having heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David. ³¹ But the crowd rebuked them, that they might be silent. But they cried out the more, saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David. ³² And Jesus, having stopped, called them and said, What will ye that I shall do to you? ³³ They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. ³⁴ And Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes had sight restored to them, and they followed him. ²¹ ¹ And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, ² saying to them, Go into the village over against you, and immediately ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with it; loose [them] and lead [them] to me. ³ And if any one say anything to you, ye shall say, The Lord has need of them, and straightway he will send them. ⁴ But all this came to pass, that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, ⁵ Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy King cometh to thee, meek, and mounted upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. ⁶ But the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus had ordered them, ⁷ brought the ass and the colt and put their garments upon them, and he sat on them. ⁸ But a very great crowd strewed their own garments on the way, and others kept cutting down branches from the trees and strewing them on the way. ⁹ And the crowds who went before him and who followed cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed [be] he who comes in the name of [the] Lord; hosanna in the highest. ¹⁰ And as he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying, Who is this? ¹¹ And the crowds said, This is Jesus the prophet who is from Nazareth of Galilee. ¹² And Jesus entered into the temple [of God], and cast out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those that sold the doves. ¹³ And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers. ¹⁴ And blind and lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. ¹⁵ And when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders which he wrought, and the children crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were indignant, ¹⁶ and said to him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus says to them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? ¹⁷ And leaving them he went forth out of the city to Bethany, and there he passed the night. ¹⁸ But early in the morning, as he came back into the city, he hungered. ¹⁹ And seeing one fig-tree in the way, he came to it and found on it nothing but leaves only. And he says to it, Let there be never more fruit of thee for ever. And the fig-tree was immediately dried up. ²⁰ And when the disciples saw [it], they wondered, saying, How immediately is the fig-tree dried up! ²¹ And Jesus answering said to them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and do not doubt, not only shall ye do what [is done] to the fig-tree, but even if ye should say to this mountain, Be thou taken away and be thou cast into the sea, it shall come to pass. ²² And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. ²³ And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him [as he was] teaching, saying, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? ²⁴ And Jesus answering said to them, *I* also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, *I* also will tell you by what authority I do these things: ²⁵ The baptism of John, whence was it? of heaven or of men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say to us, Why then have ye not believed him? ²⁶ but if we should say, Of men, we fear the crowd, for all hold John for a prophet. ²⁷ And answering Jesus they said, We do not know. *He* also said to them, Neither do *I* tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁸ But what think ye? A man had two children, and coming to the first he said, Child, go to-day, work in [my] vineyard. ²⁹ And he answering said, I will not; but afterwards repenting himself he went. ³⁰ And coming to the second he said likewise; and he answering said, *I* [go], sir, and went not. ³¹ Which of the two did the will of the father? They say [to him], The first. Jesus says to them, Verily I say unto you that the tax-gatherers and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. ³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots believed him; but *ye* when ye saw [it] repented not yourselves afterwards to believe him. ³³ Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country. ³⁴ But when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his bondmen to the husbandmen to receive his fruits. ³⁵ And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. ³⁶ Again he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them in like manner. ³⁷ And at last he sent to them his son, saying, They will have respect for my son. ³⁸ But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and possess his inheritance. ³⁹ And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. ⁴⁰ When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what shall he do to those husbandmen? ⁴¹ They say to him, He will miserably destroy those evil [men], and let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons. ⁴² Jesus says to them, Have ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone: this is of [the] Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes? ⁴³ Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you and shall be given to a nation producing the fruits of it. ⁴⁴ And he that falls on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder. ⁴⁵ And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard his parables, knew that he spoke about them. ⁴⁶ And seeking to lay hold of him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him for a prophet.