Matthew 16:13-20

Peter Confesses Jesus Is the Christ

13 ^aNow when Jesus came into the district of ^bCaesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, saying, “Who do people say that ^cthe Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say ^aJohn the Baptist; and others, ¹^bElijah; but still others, ²Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.” 15 He *said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, “You are ¹^athe Christ, ^bthe Son of ^cthe living God.” 17 And Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, ^aSimon ¹Bar-Jonah, because ^bflesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also say to you that you are ¹^aPeter, and upon this ²rock I will build My church; and the gates of ^bHades will not overpower it. 19 I will give you ^athe keys of the kingdom of heaven; and ^bwhatever you bind on earth ¹shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth ¹shall have been loosed in heaven.” 20 ^aThen He ¹warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the ²^bChrist.

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