16. And Shim‛on Kĕpha answering, said, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living Elohim.”
17. And יהושע answering, said to him, “Blessed are you, Shim‛on Bar-Yonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father in the heavens.
18. “And I also say to you that you are Kĕpha, and on this rock I shall build My assembly, and the gates of the grave shall not overcome it.
19. “And I shall give you the keys of the reign of the heavens, and whatever you bind on earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever you loosen on earth shall be having been loosened in the heavens.”
20. Then He warned His taught ones that they should say to no one that He is יהושע the Messiah.
21. From that time יהושע began to show to His taught ones that it was necessary for Him to go to Yerushalayim, and to suffer much from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and to be raised again the third day.
22. And Kĕpha took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Be kind to Yourself, Master, this shall not be to You!”
23. But He turned and said to Kĕpha, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to Me, for your thoughts are not those of Elohim, but those of men.”
24. Then יהושע said to His taught ones, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his stake, and follow Me.
25. “For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake shall find it.
26. “For what is a man profited if he gains all the world, and loses his own life? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
27. “For the Son of Aḏam is going to come in the esteem of His Father with His messengers, and then He shall reward each according to his works.
28. “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death at all until they see the Son of Aḏam coming in His reign:”