aFor ver. 13-16, see Mark 8:27-29; Luke 9:18-20
bch. 14:2; Mark 6:14; Luke 9:7
cMark 6:15; Luke 9:8; [ch. 17:10; Mark 9:11; John 1:21]
dJohn 11:27
eSee ch. 1:17
fSee ch. 14:33
gDeut. 5:26; Josh. 3:10; Ps. 42:2; Jer. 10:10; Dan. 6:20; Hos. 1:10; Acts 14:15; 2 Cor. 3:3; 1 Tim. 4:10
h[ch. 13:16]
i[John 1:42; 21:15-17]
j1 Cor. 15:50; Gal. 1:16 (Gk.); Eph. 6:12; Heb. 2:14
k1 Cor. 2:10; 12:3; [ch. 11:25; John 6:45]
l[ch. 10:2; John 1:42]
mEph. 2:20; Rev. 21:14; [ch. 7:24]
oJob 38:17; Isa. 38:10
pSee ch. 11:23
r[Isa. 22:22; Rev. 1:18; 3:7]
s[ch. 18:18; John 20:23]

Matthew 16:13-19

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

13 aNow when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14And they said, “Some say bJohn the Baptist, others say cElijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16Simon Peter replied, d“You are ethe Christ, fthe Son of gthe living God.” 17And Jesus answered him, h“Blessed are you, iSimon Bar-Jonah! For jflesh and blood has not revealed this to you, kbut my Father who is in heaven. 18And I tell you, lyou are Peter, and mon this rock ▼
▼The Greek words for  Peter and  rock sound similar
 I will build my church, and othe gates of phell ▼
▼Greek  the gates of Hades
 shall not prevail against it. 19I will give you rthe keys of the kingdom of heaven, and swhatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed ▼
▼Or  shall have been bound . . . shall have been loosed
 in heaven.”
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