17 耶稣对他说:“约拿的儿子西门啊,你是有福的!因为这件事不是属血肉的人告诉你的,而是我天上的父启示你的。 18 我告诉你,你是彼得[a],我要在这磐石上建立我的教会,阴间的势力[b]不能胜过它。 19 我要把天国的钥匙交给你。凡你在地上捆绑的,在天上也要捆绑;凡你在地上释放的,在天上也要释放。”

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Footnotes

  1. 16:18 彼得”希腊文是“磐石”的意思。
  2. 16:18 势力”希腊文是“门”。

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)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:18 The Greek word for Peter means rock.
  2. Matthew 16:18 That is, the realm of the dead
  3. Matthew 16:19 Or will have been
  4. Matthew 16:19 Or will have been

17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

19 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.

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