Matthew 16:18-20

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¹⁸ And I’ve got something to tell you, too: you are Peter, the rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell won’t overpower it. ¹⁹ I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you tie up on earth will have been tied up in heaven, and whatever you untie on earth will have been untied in heaven.”

²⁰ Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.