Matthew 16:19

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I’ll give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven, so that what you lock on earth will be locked in heaven and what you unlock on earth will be unlocked in heaven.”

Cross References

Matthew 18:18

“Truly I tell you, what you tie up on earth will be tied up in heaven, and what you set free on earth will be set free in heaven.

Revelation 1:18

the Living One. I was dead, but now look! I’m alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys to death and Hades.

Revelation 3:7

“Write this to the angel of the church in Philadelphia: These are the words of the one who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. No one can shut what he opens, and no one can open what he shuts.

John 20:23

If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven. If you don’t forgive them, those sins not forgiven.”

Revelation 11:6

These witnesses have the power to close up the sky so that it won’t rain during the time when they’re prophesying. They also have the power to turn the rivers and the sea into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.

2 Corinthians 2:10

But now, anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I’ve forgiven—whatever there is to forgive—I’ve forgiven for your sakes, knowing that Christ is watching.

Revelation 9:1

The fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the tunnel leading down into the Abyss, which is a bottomless pit.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

If anyone refuses to accept this teaching, they’re not rejecting a human being. They’re rejecting God, the very same God who gives you his Holy Spirit.

Acts 15:7

After they’d talked it over for some time, Peter got up and spoke. “Brothers,” he said, “you know that some time ago God chose me to take the good news to the Gentiles. He wanted them to hear the good news and believe.