Matthew 16:19
I will give unto 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.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
20Then charged he the disciples that they should tell no man that he was the Christ.
Cross References
Isaiah 22:22And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
John 20:23whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Acts 10:34And Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
1 Corinthians 5:4in the name of our Lord Jesus, ye being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.
Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and none shall shut, and that shutteth, and none 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 →