Matthew 16

Matthew 16 is the sixteenth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. Jesus begins a journey to Jerusalem from the vicinity of Caesarea Philippi, near the southwestern base of Mount Hermon. Verse 24 speaks of his disciples "following him".

The narrative can be divided into the following subsections:

• No sign except the Sign of Jonah (16:1–4)
• The yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees (16:5–12)^[1]
• Peter's confession (16:13–20)
• Jesus predicts his death (16:21-26)
• Return of the Son of Man (16:27–28)