The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

And he asked them, "But who do you say [that] I am?" Peter answered [and] said to him, "You are the Christ!"

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in [my] name because you are Christ's, truly I say to you that he will never lose his reward.

And continuing, Jesus said [while] teaching in the temple [courts], "How can the scribes say that the Christ is David's son?

"And at that time if anyone should say to you, "Behold, here [is] the Christ,' 'Behold, there [he is],' do not believe [him]!

But he was silent and did not reply anything. Again the high priest asked him and said to him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe! Even those who were crucified with him were reviling him.