Matthew 16:18-23

18 And I tell you that you are Peter,^[a] and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades^[b] will not overcome it.

19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be^[c] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be^[d] loosed in heaven.”

20 Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

Jesus Predicts His Death

21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”

23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

Cross References

• 1. John 1:42
• 2. S Ephesians 2:20
• 3. Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 3:7
• 4. Matthew 18:18; John 20:23
• 5. S Mark 8:30
• 6. S Luke 9:51
• 7. Psalms 22:6; Isaiah 53:3; Matthew 26:67,68; Mark 10:34; Luke 17:25; John 18:22,23; John 19:3
• 8. Matthew 27:1,2
• 9. Acts 2:23; Acts 3:13
• 10. Hosea 6:2; Matthew 12:40; Luke 24:21,46; John 2:19; 1 Corinthians 15:3,4
• 11. Matthew 17:22,23; Matthew 27:63; Mark 9:31; Luke 9:22; Luke 18:31-33; Luke 24:6,7
• 12. S Matthew 4:10

Footnotes

• [a]. The Greek word for "Peter" means "rock."
• [b]. That is, the realm of the dead
• [c]. Or "will have been"
• [d]. Or "will have been"