But whom say ye that I am?
And Simon Peter answered and said unto him, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him,
Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock, I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he, the Son of man, must
go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he spake that saying openly.
Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter saying,
Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savorest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said to them all,
Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, what is a man advantaged, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or be cast away? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For