Matthew 16:19
I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
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20Then Jesus commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was the Christ.
Cross References
Isaiah 22:22I will place the key of the house of David on his shoulder; 1 he will open, and none will shut; he will shut, and none will open. 1
John 20:23Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven; whoever's sins you keep back, they are kept back.”
Acts 10:34Then Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly, I perceive that God does not take anyone's side.
1 Corinthians 5:4When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present,
1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore, he who rejects this rejects not people, but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
Revelation 3:7“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 1 'The words of the one who is holy and true— 2 he holds the key of David, 2 he opens and no one shuts, 3 he shuts 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 →