Matthew 16:19
And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
20Then he charged his disciples, that they should tell no one that he is the Christ.
Cross References
John 20:23Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; and whosesoever ye retain, they are retained.
Acts 10:34And Peter opened his mouth, and said: Of a truth I perceive that God is not a respecter of persons;
1 Corinthians 5:4in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ye being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore he that rejects, rejects not man, but God, who also gave to you his Holy Spirit.
Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things says the Holy, the True, he who has the key of David, he who opens, and no one shall shut, and shuts, and no one opens.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 16:14-21
Christ's Conference with His Disciples. 13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood… Read the whole commentary →