Matthew 16:19
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you allow on earth will be held in heaven to be allowed.”
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20Then he charged his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.
Cross References
John 20:23if you remit anyone’s sins, they have been remitted; and, if you retain them, they have been retained.”
Acts 10:34Then Peter began. “I see, beyond all doubt,” he said, “that God does not show partiality,
1 Corinthians 5:4I have decided – having been present in spirit at your meetings, when the power of the Lord Jesus was with us –
1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore the person who disregards this warning disregards, not people, but God who gives you his Holy Spirit.
Revelation 3:7“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the Key of David, who opens and no one will 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 →