¹⁷Jesus responded, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah,^H^m because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven.ⁿ ¹⁸And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church,^o and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. ¹⁹I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,^p and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound^I in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed^J in heaven.”

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Footnotes

HOr son of John
IOr earth will be bound
JOr earth will be loosed

Cross references

m Jn 1:42; 21:15–17
n 1Co 15:50; Gl 1:16; Eph 6:12; Heb 2:14
o Mt 18:17; Ac 5:11; 7:38; 8:1,3; 9:31; 11:22,26
p Is 22:22; Mt 18:18; Jn 20:23; Rv 1:18; 3:7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being. Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it. And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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. 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! 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.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

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