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"How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerningbread? But 1beware of the leaven of the 2Pharisees and Sadducees."
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Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the 3Pharisees and Sadducees.
Peter's Confession of Christ
134Now when Jesuscame into the district of 5CaesareaPhilippi, He was asking His disciples, "Who do peoplesay that 6the Son of Man is?"
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And they said, "Some say 7John the Baptist; and others, 8Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, orone of the prophets."
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He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
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SimonPeteranswered, "You are 9the Christ, 10the Son of 11the livingGod."
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And Jesussaid to him, "Blessed are you, 12SimonBarjona, because13flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Fatherwho is in heaven.
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"I alsosay to you that you are 14Peter, and upon thisrock I will build My church; and the gates of 15Hades will not overpower it.
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"I will give you 16the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and 17whatever* you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever* you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven."
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18Then He warned the disciples that they should tellnoone that He was 19the Christ.
Jesus Foretells His Death
2120From that timeJesusbegan to show His disciples that He mustgo to Jerusalem, and 21suffermanythings from the elders and chiefpriests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the thirdday.