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) Peter's confession (16:13–20) Jesus predicts his death (16:21-26) Return of the Son of Man (16:27–28) Text The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 28 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: Codex Vaticanus (325–350) Codex Sinaiticus (330–360) Codex Bezae (c. 400) Codex Washingtonianus (c. 400) Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (c. 450) Codex Purpureus Rossanensis (6th century) Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus (6th century; extant verses 1–6) Codex Sinopensis (6th century; extant verses 1–18) Locations Matthew 15 ends with Jesus sending the multitude of his followers away and He and his disciples sail to Magdala (or Magadan) on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. In the Pharisees and Sadducees come to him, presumably in the same location. refers