15 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

16 Then Simon Peter answered, and said, (A)Thou art that Christ, the son of the living God.

17 [a]And Jesus answered, and said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon, the son of Jonah: for [b]flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:17 Faith is of grace, not of nature.
  2. Matthew 16:17 By this kind of speech is meant man’s natural procreation upon the earth, the creature not being destroyed which was made, but deformed through sin: So then this is the meaning: this was not revealed to thee by any understanding of man, but God showed it thee from heaven.

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