web - Matthew:16:13-20

web@Matthew:16:13 @ Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?"

web@Matthew:16:14 @ They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."

web@Matthew:16:15 @ He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

web@Matthew:16:16 @ Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

web@Matthew:16:17 @ Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

web@Matthew:16:18 @ I also tell you that you are Peter, {Peter's name, Petros in Greek, is the word for a specific rock or stone.} and on this rock {Greek, petra, a rock mass or bedrock.} I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades {or, Hell} will not prevail against it.

web@Matthew:16:19 @ I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven."

web@Matthew:16:20 @ Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.