17Jesus 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.18And I tell you that you are Peter,The Greek word for Peter means rock.and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of HadesThat is, the realm of the deadwill not overcome it.19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will beOr will have beenbound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will beOr will have beenloosed in heaven.”
20Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
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