Matthew 16:17

Lighthouse Bible 2006

And Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood has not revealed it to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

Cross References

Isaiah 54:13

And all your children shall be taught by the LORD; and great shall be the peace of your children.

Luke 22:32

But I have prayed for you, that your faith does not fail: and when you are converted, strengthen your brethren.

John 1:42

And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus saw him, he said, You are Simon the son of Jonah: you shall be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

John 6:45

It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught by God. Everyone therefore who has heard, and has learned of the Father, comes to me.

1 Corinthians 15:50

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.

Galatians 1:16

To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I did not confer with flesh and blood:

Ephesians 2:8

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

Ephesians 3:5

Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

Ephesians 6:12

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Hebrews 2:14

Since then the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil;

1 Peter 5:1

The elders who are among you I urge, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

1 John 4:15

Whoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we may know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.