20 In that day I will call my servant (A)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, 21 and (B)I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your sash on him, and will commit your authority to his hand. And he shall be (C)a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. 22 And I will place (D)on his shoulder (E)the key of the house of David. (F)He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. 23 And I will fasten him (G)like a peg in a secure place, and he will become (H)a throne of honor to his father's house.

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(A)The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, (B)who is called Peter, and (C)Andrew his brother; (D)James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

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18 And I tell you, (A)you are Peter, and (B)on this rock[a] I will build my church, and (C)the gates of (D)hell[b] shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give you (E)the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and (F)whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed[c] in heaven.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:18 The Greek words for Peter and rock sound similar
  2. Matthew 16:18 Greek the gates of Hades
  3. Matthew 16:19 Or shall have been bound… shall have been loosed

32 but (A)I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, (B)strengthen your brothers.”

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17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him (A)the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, (B)you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed (C)my sheep.

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Peter's Sermon at Pentecost

14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.

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46 For they were hearing them (A)speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared,

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18 Then (A)after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days.

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