18 I also say to you that you are [a](A)Peter, and upon this [b]rock I will build My church; and the gates of (B)Hades will not overpower it. 19 I will give you (C)the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and (D)whatever you bind on earth [c]shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth [d]shall have been loosed in heaven.” 20 (E)Then He [e]warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was [f](F)the Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:18 Gr Petros, a stone
  2. Matthew 16:18 Gr petra, large rock; bed-rock
  3. Matthew 16:19 Gr estai dedemenon, fut. pft. pass.
  4. Matthew 16:19 Gr estai lelumenon, fut. pft. pass.
  5. Matthew 16:20 Or strictly admonished
  6. Matthew 16:20 I.e. the Messiah