Matthew 16:19
and I will give to thee the keys of the reign of the heavens, and whatever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever thou mayest loose upon the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20Then did he charge his disciples that they may say to no one that he is Jesus the Christ.
Cross References
Isaiah 22:22And I have placed the key Of the house of David on his shoulder, And he hath opened, and none is shutting, And hath shut, and none is opening.
John 20:23if of any ye may loose the sins, they are loosed to them; if of any ye may retain, they have been retained.'
Acts 10:34And Peter having opened his mouth, said, 'Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,
1 Corinthians 5:4in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ — ye being gathered together, also my spirit — with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Thessalonians 4:8he, therefore, who is despising — doth not despise man, but God, who also did give His Holy Spirit to us.
Revelation 3:7'And to the messenger of the assembly in Philadelphia write: These things saith he who is holy, he who is true, he who is having the key of David, he who is opening and no one doth shut, and he shutteth and no one doth open!
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 →