Matthew 16:19
And I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Revised King James New Testament
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In Context
20Then he charged his disciples that they should tell no man that he was the Christ.
Cross References
John 20:23If you forgive the sins of any one, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any one, they are retained.
Acts 10:34Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality:
1 Corinthians 5:4In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are gathered together, with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore, he who rejects this, does not reject man, but God, who has also given you his Holy Spirit.
Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These are the words of he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens, and no man shuts; and shuts, and no man 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 →