Matthew 16:19
And I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
20Then he commanded his disciples, that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Messiah.
Cross References
John 20:23whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins soever ye retain, they are retained.
Acts 10:34Then Peter opening his mouth, said, In truth I perceive that God is not a respecter of persons:
1 Corinthians 5:4in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ye being assembled together and my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore he that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit.
Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, These things saith the Holy One, he that is true, who hath the key of David, who openeth, and none shutteth, and shutteth, and no man openeth.
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 →