Matthew 16:17-20

New Revised Standard Version Updated 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.^{(A) 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.^{(B) 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.”^{(C) 20} Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was^[c] the Messiah.^[d](D)