Matthew 16:19

And to thee I shall give the keys of the kingdom of heavens; and whatever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound also in heavens; and whatever thou shalt unbind on earth, shall be unbound also in heavens.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

18And I say to thee, that thou art Peter, and on this stone I shall build my church, and the gates of hell shall not have might or power, [or strength], against it.

20Then he commanded to his disciples, that they should say to no man, that he was Jesus Christ.

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Cross References

Isaiah 22:22And I shall give the key of the house of David on his shoulder (or And I shall put the key of the house of David upon his shoulder); and he shall open, and none shall be that shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall be that shall open.

John 20:23whose sins ye forgive, those be forgiven to them; and whose sins ye withhold, those be withheld.

Acts 10:34And Peter opened his mouth, and said, In truth I have found, that God is no acceptor of persons, (or In truth I have found, that God hath no favourites among people);

1 Corinthians 5:4when ye be gathered together in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and my spirit, with the virtue of the Lord Jesus (or with the power of the Lord Jesus),

1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore he that despiseth these things, despiseth not man, but God, that also gave his Holy Spirit in us (or who also gave us his Holy Spirit).

Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the church of Philadelphia write thou, These things saith the holy and (the) true (one), that hath the key of David; which openeth, and no man closeth, he closeth, 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 →

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