Matthew 16:17-19
Legacy Standard Bible
17 And Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, (A)Simon [a]Bar-Jonah, because (B)flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also say to you that you are [b](C)Peter, and upon this [c]rock I will build My church; and the gates of (D)Hades will not overpower it. 19 I will give you (E)the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and (F)whatever you bind on earth [d]shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth [e]shall have been loosed in heaven.”
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- Matthew 16:17 Lit son of Jonah
- Matthew 16:18 Gr Petros, a stone
- Matthew 16:18 Gr petra, a large rock or bed-rock
- Matthew 16:19 Gr fut. pft. pass. tense
- Matthew 16:19 Gr fut. pft. pass. tense
Matthew 16:17-19
New International Version
17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood,(A) but by my Father in heaven.(B) 18 And I tell you that you are Peter,[a](C) and on this rock I will build my church,(D) and the gates of Hades[b] will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys(E) 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.”(F)
Footnotes
- Matthew 16:18 The Greek word for Peter means rock.
- Matthew 16:18 That is, the realm of the dead
- Matthew 16:19 Or will have been
- Matthew 16:19 Or will have been
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