“16:13. And Jesus came into the quarters of Cesarea Philippi: and he
asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is?
16:14. But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and
others Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
16:15. Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am?”
“16:16. Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the
living God.
16:17. And Jesus answering said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon
Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my
Father who is in heaven.
16:18. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I
will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against
it.
“16:19. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And
whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in
heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed
also in heaven.”
