Chapter XXXI

JESUS FORETELLS HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION.

And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Cesarea Philippi: and it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them,

Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

And they said, Some _say that thou art_ John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or, that one of the old prophets is risen again. He said unto them,

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 the
Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his
angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his
works. Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my
words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also
shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own
glory, and _in his_ Father's, and of the holy angels.

And he said unto them,

Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand
here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the
kingdom of God come with power.