Popular Bible Verses from The Gospel of Matthew 16

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Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to come after me, they must give themselves up, and pick up their cross, and follow me.

And I’ve got something to tell you, too: you are Peter, the rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell won’t overpower it.

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you tie up on earth will have been tied up in heaven, and whatever you untie on earth will have been untied in heaven.”

Yes: if someone wants to save their life, they must lose it; and if anyone loses their life for my sake they will find it.

What use will it be, otherwise, if you win the whole world but forfeit your true life? What will you give to get your life back?

“What about you?” he asked them. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered. “You’re the Messiah,” he said. “You’re the son of the living God!”

“God’s blessing on you, Simon, son of John!” answered Jesus. “Flesh and blood didn’t reveal that to you; it was my father in heaven.