Matthew 16:19
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you ban on earth will have been banned in heaven, and whatever you allow on earth will have been allowed in heaven.”
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20Then he warned his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
Cross References
Isaiah 22:22I will give him the key to the house of David. What he opens, nobody can shut; what he shuts, nobody can open.
John 20:23If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven; if you hold them unforgiven, unforgiven they remain.”
Acts 10:34Peter replied, “I'm totally convinced that God has no favorites.
1 Corinthians 5:4When you meet together in the name of the Lord Jesus, I'll be there with you in spirit and with the power of our Lord Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 4:8So anyone who rejects this position isn't just rejecting what a human being is saying; they are rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
Revelation 3:7Write this to the angel of the Philadelphia church: This is what the one says, the one who is holy and true, who has the key of David. He can open and nobody is able to shut, he can shut, and nobody is able to 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 →