of Man is?" He asked.
016:014 "Some say John the Baptist," they replied; "others Elijah;
others Jeremiah or one of the Prophets."
016:015 "But you, who do you say that I am?" He asked again.
016:016 "You," replied Simon Peter, "are the Christ, the Son of
the ever-living God."
016:017 "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-jonah," said Jesus; "for mere human
nature has not revealed this to you, but my Father in Heaven.
016:018 And I declare to you that you are Peter, and that upon this
Rock I will build my Church, and the might of Hades shall
not triumph over it.
016:019 I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of the Heavens;
and whatever you bind on earth shall remain bound in Heaven,
and whatever you loose on earth shall remain loosed in Heaven."
016:020 Then He urged His disciples to tell no one that He was the Christ.
016:021 From this time Jesus began to explain to His disciples that He
must go to Jerusalem, and suffer much cruelty from the Elders
and the High Priests and the Scribes, and be put to death,
and on the third day be raised to life again.
016:022 Then Peter took Him aside and began taking Him to task.
"Master," he said, "God forbid; this will not be your lot."
016:023 But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Adversary;
you are a hindrance to me, because your thoughts are not
God's thoughts, but men's."
016:024 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If any one desires
to follow me, let him renounce self and take up his cross,
and so be my follower.
016:025 For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever
loses his life for my sake shall find it.
016:026 Why, what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the whole