Matthew 16:19 meaning and explanation
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
Matthew 16:19, Berean Standard Bible
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Jesus speaks these words to Simon Peter just after Peter confesses Him as the Christ, the Son of the living God. The keys of the kingdom point to authority to open and admit, and the binding and loosing language was familiar from Jewish teaching about declaring what is forbidden or permitted.
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