Matthew 16:13-20 — Legacy Standard Bible

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?” ¹⁴And they said, “Some say ^aJohn the Baptist; and others, ¹^,^bElijah; but still others, ²Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.” ¹⁵He *said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” ¹⁶And Simon Peter answered and said, “You are ¹^,^athe Christ, ^bthe Son of ^cthe living God.” ¹⁷And 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 ²shall have been loosed in heaven.” ²⁰^aThen He ¹warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the ²^,^bChrist.