The Demand for a Sign
(Mark 8:11–13; Luke 12:54–56)
Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Luk 11:16Act 4:1Mat 16:61Co 1:22Jhn 8:6Mrk 8:11-21Act 23:6-8Act 5:17
But He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red,’ Luk 12:54-56 and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times. 1 Luk 12:561Ch 12:32Luk 13:15Mat 11:5Luk 11:44Mat 15:7Mat 22:18Mat 23:13 A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away. Luk 11:29-30Mat 12:39-40Jon 1:17Mrk 8:12Mrk 8:38Mat 15:14Gen 6:3Mrk 5:17-18
The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees
(Mark 8:14–21; Luke 12:1–3)
When they crossed to the other side, the disciples forgot to take bread. Mrk 8:13-14Mat 15:39 “Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” Luk 12:1Gal 5:9Mat 16:121Co 5:6-8Lev 2:11Mrk 8:152Ti 2:16-17Exo 12:15-19
They discussed this among themselves and concluded, “It is because we did not bring any bread.” Mrk 8:16-18Act 10:14Luk 9:46Mat 15:16-18Mrk 9:10
Aware of their conversation, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread? Mat 6:30Mat 14:31Mat 8:26Mrk 16:14Heb 4:13Jhn 2:24-25Jhn 16:30Rev 2:23 Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? Mat 14:17-21Jhn 6:9-13Luk 9:13-17Mat 15:16-17Mrk 6:38-44Luk 24:25-27Mrk 7:18Rev 3:19 Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? Mat 15:34-38Mrk 8:17-21Mrk 8:5-9 How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” Mat 16:6Mrk 4:40Mrk 8:21Jhn 8:43Luk 12:56
Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Mat 5:20Act 23:8Mat 15:4-9Mat 23:13-28
Peter’s Confession of Christ
(Mark 8:27–30; Luke 9:18–20; John 6:67–71)
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, He questioned His disciples: “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” Luk 9:18-20Mrk 8:27-29Dan 7:13Jhn 5:27Mat 9:6Heb 2:14-18Mat 12:8Mat 13:37
They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” Mrk 6:15Mat 14:2Mal 4:5Jhn 9:17Luk 9:18-19Jhn 7:12Jhn 7:40-41Luk 9:8
“But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Luk 9:20Mrk 8:29Mat 13:11
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jhn 11:27Mat 14:331Jn 4:15Mat 27:541Ti 4:10Act 9:201Th 1:9Mat 26:63
Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! 2 For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven. Jhn 6:45Eph 1:17-18Mat 11:25-27Gal 1:161Jn 5:201Co 15:50Mat 13:16-17Gal 1:11-12 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. Eph 2:19-221Co 3:9-11Isa 28:16Col 1:18Psa 125:1-2Jhn 1:42Heb 12:28Act 2:47 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Mat 18:18Isa 22:22Rev 1:18Jhn 20:23Rev 3:72Co 2:10Rev 11:61Co 5:4-5
Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ. Mrk 8:30Luk 9:21Jhn 1:41Mat 17:9Luk 9:36Mat 8:41Jn 2:221Jn 5:1
Christ’s Passion Foretold
(Mark 8:31–33; Luke 9:21–22)
From that time on Jesus 3began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. Luk 24:6-7Mat 17:22-23Mat 20:17-191Co 15:3-4Mat 17:12Mat 27:63Mat 20:28Act 2:23-32
Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!” Mrk 8:32Act 21:11-13Jhn 13:6-8Mat 16:16-17Mat 26:51-531Ki 22:13
But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.” Rom 8:5-8Col 3:2Php 3:19Mrk 8:331Co 2:14-15Mat 4:10Jhn 6:702Co 11:14-15
Take Up Your Cross
(Mark 8:34–38; Luke 9:23–27)
Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. Mat 10:38Luk 14:271Pe 4:1-2Luk 9:23-27Mrk 10:21Mrk 8:342Ti 3:12Heb 11:24-26 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. Mat 10:39Rev 12:11Mrk 8:35Jhn 12:25Luk 17:33Act 20:23-24Est 4:16Est 4:14 What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? Job 27:8Mrk 8:36-37Luk 9:25Luk 12:20Psa 49:7-8Luk 16:25Job 2:4Mat 5:29 For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done. Psa 62:122Co 5:10Rom 2:6Rom 14:12Jer 17:10Rev 22:12-15Isa 3:10-11Eph 6:8
Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.” Luk 9:27Mrk 9:1Jhn 8:52Mat 26:64Mat 10:23Luk 21:27-28Luk 2:26Mrk 13:26