Matthew 16:15-17

15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am? ”

16 Simon Peter replied, ¹“You are ²the Christ, ³the Son of ⁴the living God. ”

17 And Jesus answered him, ⁵“Blessed are you, ⁶Simon Bar-Jonah! For ⁷flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, ⁸but my Father who is in heaven.

Cross References

• 1. 16:16 John 11:27
• 2. 16:16 See ch. 1:17
• 3. 16:16 See ch. 14:33
• 4. 16:16 Deut. 5:26; Josh. 3:10; Ps. 42:2; Jer. 10:10; Dan. 6:20; Hos. 1:10; Acts 14:15; 2 Cor. 3:3; 1 Tim. 4:10
• 5. 16:17 [ch. 13:16]
• 6. 16:17 [John 1:42; 21:15-17]
• 7. 16:17 1 Cor. 15:50; Gal. 1:16 (Gk.); Eph. 6:12; Heb. 2:14
• 8. 16:17 1 Cor. 2:10; 12:3; [ch. 11:25; John 6:45]