Matthew 16:19
"I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind upon the earth shall be bound in the heavens, and whatever you loose upon earth shall be loosed in the heavens."
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
20Then he enjoined his disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.
Cross References
John 20:23"Receive the Holy Spirit. If you remit any one’s sins, they are remitted; if you retain them they are retained."
Acts 10:34Then Peter began to speak. "Of a truth I begin to see quite plainly that God is no respecter of persons;
1 Corinthians 5:4When you are gathered together, and my spirit is with you together with the power of our Lord Jesus,
1 Thessalonians 4:8So that he who rejects this is not rejecting man, but the God who gave you his Holy Spirit.
Revelation 3:7Write also to the angel of the Church in Philadelphia. These things says He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens, and no one shall shut; and who 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 →