Matthew 16:17

A Conservative Version

And having answered, Jesus said to him, Blessed are thou, Simon Bar-jonah, because flesh and blood has not revealed it to thee, but my Father in the heavens.

Cross References

John 6:45

It is written in the prophets, And they will all be taught of God. Every man who hears from the Father, and having learned, comes to me.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God comes, and has given us understanding, so that we may know the true. And we are in the true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the TRUE God, and the eternal life.

Galatians 1:16

to reveal his Son in me, so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not straightaway confer with flesh and blood,

1 Corinthians 15:50

Now this I affirm, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit imperishability.

Ephesians 3:5

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets.

Isaiah 54:13

And all thy sons shall be taught of LORD, and great shall be the peace of thy sons.

1 John 4:15

Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

1 Peter 5:1

I, a fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and a partaker of the glory going be revealed, exhort the elders among you:

Ephesians 2:8

For ye are saved by grace through faith, and this a gift of God, not from you,

John 1:42

And he brought him to Jesus. And having seen him, Jesus said, Thou are Simon the son of Jonah. Thou will be called Cephas (which is interpreted, Peter).

Hebrews 2:14

Since therefore the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might make him who has the power of death impotent, that is, the devil.

Ephesians 6:12

Because our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principal offices, against the positions of authority, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against the spiritual things of wickedness in the he

Luke 22:32

but I prayed for thee, so that thy faith may not fail. And thou, when thou have returned, strengthen thy brothers.