Matthew 16:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you, you are Peter,[a] and on this rock[b] I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
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- Matthew 16:18 Gk Petros
- Matthew 16:18 Gk petra
Matthew 16:17-19
New King James Version
17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, (A)for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but (B)My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also say to you that (C)you are Peter, and (D)on this rock I will build My church, and (E)the gates of Hades shall not [a]prevail against it. 19 (F)And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth [b]will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
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- Matthew 16:18 be victorious
- Matthew 16:19 Or will have been bound . . . will have been loosed
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