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Matthew 16:16-21 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16. And Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!”

17. And Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh 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 Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it!

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 release on earth will be released in heaven.”

20. Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was the Christ.

21. From that time on Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised on the third day.

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