Matthew 16:19
And I will give you (sg) the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in the heavens, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in the heavens.”
Family 35 New Testament
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In Context
20Then He ordered His disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Messiah.
Cross References
John 20:23To whomever you forgive the sins, they are forgiven to them; to whomever you retain, they have been retained.”
Acts 10:34So opening his mouth Peter said: “Really, I comprehend that God is not One to show partiality,
1 Corinthians 5:4in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you and my spirit being together, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Thessalonians 4:8So then, the rejecter is not rejecting man, but God, the very One who gave you His Holy Spirit.
Revelation 3:7“And to the messenger of the church in Philadelphia write: “These things says the Holy, the True, He who has the key of David, who opens and no one can shut it, except He who opens, and no one can open:
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 →