Matthew 16:17-19

17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.

18 And I tell you that you are Peter,^[a] and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades^[b] will not overcome it.

19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be^[c] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be^[d] loosed in heaven.”

Cross References

• 1. 1 Corinthians 15:50; Galatians 1:16; Ephesians 6:12; Hebrews 2:14
• 2. S Matthew 13:11
• 3. John 1:42
• 4. S Ephesians 2:20
• 5. Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 3:7
• 6. Matthew 18:18; John 20:23

Footnotes

• [a]. The Greek word for "Peter" means "rock."
• [b]. That is, the realm of the dead
• [c]. Or "will have been"
• [d]. Or "will have been"