15. Then Jesus asked them, “And who do you say I am?”
16. Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
17. Jesus answered, “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah. No person taught you that. My Father in heaven showed you who I am.
18. So I tell you, you are Peter. And I will build my church on this rock. The power of death will not be able to defeat my church.
19. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. The things you don’t allow on earth will be the things that God does not allow. The things you allow on earth will be the things that God allows.”
20. Then Jesus warned his followers not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.
21. From that time on Jesus began telling his followers that he must go to Jerusalem. He explained that the Jewish elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of the law would make him suffer many things. And he told them that he must be killed. Then, on the third day, he would be raised from death.
22. Peter took Jesus aside and began to criticize him. Peter said, “God save you from those things, Lord! Those things will never happen to you!”
23. Then Jesus said to Peter, “Go away from me, Satan! You are not helping me! You don’t care about the things of God. You care only about things that men think are important.”
24. Then Jesus said to his followers, “If anyone wants to follow me, he must say ‘no’ to the things he wants. He must be willing even to die on a cross, and he must follow me.
25. Whoever wants to save his life will give up true life. And whoever gives up his life for me will have true life.