Matthew 16:18-19

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

¹⁸ And I tell you, _i you are Peter, and _j on this rock ₁ I will build my church, and _k the gates of _l hell ₂ shall not prevail against it. ¹⁹ I will give you _m the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and _n whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed ₃ in heaven."

1. Cross References
   Matthew 10:2
   The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother.
   John 1:42
   He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter).
   
2. Cross References
   Ephesians 2:20
   Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone.
   Revelation 21:14
   And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
   Matthew 7:24
   Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
   
3. Cross References
   Job 38:17
   Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
   Isaiah 38:10
   I said, In the middle of my days I must depart; I am consigned to the gates of Sheol for the rest of my years.
   
4. Cross References
   Matthew 11:23
   And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
   
5. Cross References
   Isaiah 22:22
   And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
   Revelation 1:18
   And the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
   Revelation 3:7
   And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.
   
6. Cross References
   Matthew 18:18
   Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
   John 20:23
   If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.