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Jesus speaks to Peter about the keys of the kingdom.
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Matthew 16:19

The Keys of the Kingdom

Confession and the Way of the Cross · Matthew 16

Story guide: Jesus speaks of the kingdom’s keys and the authority to forbid and permit on earth.

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19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will have been forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted in heaven.”

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