And Pharisees and Sadducees came near, testing him, and asking him for a sign from heaven that he would show them.

But he answered and said to them: When it is evening you say, It is fair weather; for the heavens are red.

And in the morning you say, Today there is a storm; for the heavens are red and gloomy. You know how to discern the face of the heavens, but the signs of this time you do not know how to discern.

A wicked and adulterous generation seeks a sign; and no sign is given to it except the sign of Yonah the prophet. And he left them and went.

And when his disciples came to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread with them.

And he said to them: Look, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

But they were reasoning among themselves and saying, it was because they had taken no bread.

But Y'shua knew it and said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves, you of little faith, because you have taken no bread?

Do you not yet understand? Do you not remember those five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

Nor those seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

How is it that you do not understand that it was not about bread that I spoke to you, but that you should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

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

And when Y'shua came to the place of Qasarya of Philippos, he was asking his disciples and said, Who do people say about me, that I am the Son of man?

And they said, Some say that you are Yochanan the Immerser; but others, Eliyahu; and others, Armiya, or one of the prophets.

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

Shimon Keefa answered and said, You are the Mashiyach, the Son of the living Elohim.

Y'shua answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Shimon son of Yonah, for flesh and blood have not revealed it to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

Also I say to you that you are Keefa, and on this keefa I will build my assembly, and the gates of Sheol will not prevail against it.¹

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

Then he commanded his disciples that they should tell no one that he is the Mashiyach.

And from then Y'shua began to show his disciples that he is about to go to Urishlim and suffer much from the elders and from the chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day rise.

And Keefa took him and began to rebuke him and said, Far be it from you, my Master, that this should be to you.

But he turned and said to Keefa, Go behind me, Satana. You are a stumbling block to me, for you do not think the things of Elohim but of the sons of men.

Then Y'shua said to his disciples, Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and come after me.

For whoever wants to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

For what does a man profit if he gains the whole world and loses his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his holy messengers, and then he will repay each one according to his deeds.

Truly I say to you, there are people standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.