Popular Bible Verses from Matthew 16

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Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘A person who wants to come with me must not think about himself. He must decide that his own life is not important. He must be like someone who carries his own cross to go and die. Then he may come with me as my disciple.

I tell you this. You are called Peter, which means a rock. And I will build my church on this rock. Not even the power of death will destroy my church.

I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. You will tell people here on earth what is right for them to do. And you will tell them what is not right for them to do. God in heaven will give you this authority. He will agree with what you say.’

Whoever wants to keep his life safe will lose it. But whoever agrees to lose his life because of me will have true life.

A person may get everything in the whole world for himself. But if he loses his life, it will not be any good for him. There is nothing that a person can give to get back his life.

Jesus asked them, ‘But what do you think? Who do you say that I am?’ Simon Peter answered him. ‘You are the Messiah. You are the Son of God, the God who lives for ever.’

Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of Jonah, God has blessed you! No person on earth taught you this. God, my Father in heaven, has shown you this.