15 “But you,” He asked them, “who do you say that I am?”

16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!”(A)

17 And Jesus responded, “Simon son of Jonah,[a](B) you are blessed because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father in heaven.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:17 Or son of John

15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”(A)

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

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