Matthew 16:19
and I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and whatever you may bind on the earth will be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever you may loose on the earth will be having been loosed in the heavens.”
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20Then He charged His disciples that they may say to no one that He is Jesus the Christ.
Cross References
Isaiah 22:22And I have placed the key || Of the house of David on his shoulder, || And he has opened, and none is shutting, || And has shut, and none is opening.
John 20:23if you may forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you may retain of any, they have been retained.”
Acts 10:34And Peter having opened his mouth, said, “Of a truth, I perceive that God is not favoring by appearance,
1 Corinthians 5:4in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ—you being gathered together, also my spirit—with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Thessalonians 4:8He, therefore, who is despising, does not despise man, but God, who also gave His Holy Spirit to us.
Revelation 3:7And to the messenger of the assembly in Philadelphia write: These things says the Holy [One], the True [One], having the key of David, the [One] opening and no one will shut, and shutting 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 →