Matthew 16:19

First Nations Version

“I am giving you the authority of Creator’s good road from above. The things you do not permit on earth will be what Creator has not permitted in the spirit-world above. The things that you permit on earth will be what Creator has permitted in the spirit-world above.”

Cross References

Matthew 18:18

“I speak from my heart, what has been decided in the spirit-world above is what you will decide on earth.

Revelation 1:18

I am first and last, the Living One, who was dead, and now, behold! I am alive, never to die again. And in my hands I hold the power to free people from the Dark Underworld of Death (Hades).

Revelation 3:7

“Write this to the messenger of the sacred family that gathers in the village of Family of Friends (Philadelphia): These are the words of the holy and true One, the one who has the rightful power of Much Loved One (David). When he opens the way, no one can close it, and when he closes the way, no one else can open it. This is what the holy and true One has to say:

John 20:23

if you release others from their bad hearts and broken ways, they are released. If you do not release them, they are not released.”

Revelation 11:6

They also have the power over the sky to hold back the rain during the days of their prophesying. And they have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and the power to bring all kinds of disasters on the land as often as they desire.

2 Corinthians 2:10

Anyone you forgive, I forgive also. Whatever I have already forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I forgave knowing that the Chosen One is here with us in spirit.

Revelation 9:1

The fifth spirit-messenger sounded his eagle bone whistle, and I saw a star falling to earth from the spirit-world above. The star was given the power to open the way to the deep, dark underworld.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

So the one who turns away from this instruction is not turning away from a human being, but from Creator himself, who has given his Holy Spirit to you.

Acts 15:7

After much talk and debate, Stands on the Rock (Peter) stood up among them. “My fellow members of the sacred family,” he said to all, “you know that a good while ago Creator chose me to be the one to help the Outside Nations come to faith by telling them the good story.