Matthew 16:17

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.

Cross References

John 6:45

It is written in the prophets: And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard of the Father, and hath learned, cometh to me.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God is come: and he hath given us understanding that we may know the true God, and may be in his true Son. This is the true God and life eternal.

Galatians 1:16

To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, immediately I condescended not to flesh and blood.

1 Corinthians 15:50

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot possess the kingdom of God: neither shall corruption possess incorruption.

Ephesians 3:5

Which in other generations was not known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit:

Isaiah 54:13

All thy children shall be taught of the Lord: and great shall be the peace of thy children.

1 John 4:15

Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

1 Peter 5:1

The ancients therefore that are among you, I beseech, who am myself also an ancient, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ: as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come:

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God;

John 1:42

And he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus looking upon him, said: Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is interpreted Peter.

Hebrews 2:14

Therefore because the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner hath been partaker of the same: that, through death, he might destroy him who had the empire of death, that is to say, the devil:

Ephesians 6:12

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and power, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places.

Luke 22:32

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.