Graphic Bible · Scene 3 of 4
Matthew 16:13-20
You Are the Messiah
Confession and the Way Ahead · Matthew 16
Story guide: Peter answers for the group, and Jesus receives his confession with solemn responsibility.
Open this scene in the reader →13When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
14And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
15He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
17And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father who is in heaven did.”
18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven.
20Then he strictly instructed the disciples to tell no one that he is the Messiah.
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