Popular Bible Verses from Matthew 16

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me as a disciple, he must deny himself and his own interests and take up his cross—accepting suffering—and follow Me in obedient discipleship.

And I also say to you that you are Peter—which means rock—and on this rock of confession about who I am I will build My church—My called-out assembly, and the gates of Hades—the powers of death and hell—will not triumph over it.

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven—the authority to open the gospel to all, and whatever you bind on earth in accordance with heaven’s will shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

For whoever desires to save his life and preserve it by avoiding the cross will lose it eternally, but whoever loses his life for the sake of Me and the gospel will find it and gain eternal life.

For what will it benefit a man if he gains the whole world and all its wealth and pleasures, yet forfeits his soul and loses eternal life? Or what will a man offer as an exchange for his soul—what could possibly be worth more?

He said to them, pressing for their personal conviction, “But you, who do you say I am?” And in response, Simon Peter said with conviction inspired by the Father, “You are the Christ—the Messiah—the Son of the living God.”

Jesus then responded and said to him with blessing, “Blessed and favored are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this truth to you, but My Father who is in heaven.