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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Matthew 16:19 Catholic Bible: I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven; what you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven, and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven." </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/matthew/16-19.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/matthew/16-19.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/matthew/16-19.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/matthew/1.htm">Matthew</a> > <a href="/gntd/matthew/16.htm">Chapter 16</a> > Verse 19</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/16-18.htm" title="Matthew 16:18">◄</a> Matthew 16:19 <a href="../matthew/16-20.htm" title="Matthew 16:20">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/matthew/16.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/matthew/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven; what you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven, and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/matthew/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/matthew/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven, and God in heaven will allow whatever you allow on earth. But he will not allow anything you don't allow. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/matthew/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/matthew/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.</p><p class="hdg">give.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/2-14.htm">Acts 2:14</a> But Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke to them: Ye men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you and with your ears receive my words.</p><p class="hdg2">*etc:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/10-34.htm">Acts 10:34</a> And Peter opening his mouth, said: in very deed I perceive that God is not a respecter of persons.</p><p class="hdg2">*etc:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/15-7.htm">Acts 15:7</a> And when there had been much disputing, Peter, rising up, said to them: Men, brethren, you know that in former days God made choice among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.</p><p class="hdg">the keys.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/22-22.htm">Isaiah 22:22</a> And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder: and he shall open, and none shall shut: and he shall shut, and none shall open.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../revelation/1-18.htm">Revelation 1:18</a> And alive, and was dead. And behold I am living for ever and ever and have the keys of death and of hell.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../revelation/3-7.htm">Revelation 3:7</a> And to the angel of the church of Philadelphia write: These things saith the Holy One and the true one, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and no man shutteth, shutteth and no man openeth:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../revelation/9-1.htm">Revelation 9:1</a> And the fifth angel sounded the trumpet: and I saw a star fall from heaven upon the earth. And there was given to him the key of the bottomless pit.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../revelation/20-1.htm">Revelation 20:1-3</a> And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. . . . </p><p class="hdg">and whatsoever.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/18-18.htm">Matthew 18:18</a> Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/20-23.htm">John 20:23</a> Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them: and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_corinthians/5-4.htm">1 Corinthians 5:4,5</a> In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you being gathered together and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_corinthians/2-10.htm">2 Corinthians 2:10</a> And to whom you have pardoned any thing, I also. For, what I have pardoned, if I have pardoned any thing, for your sakes have I done it in the person of Christ:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_thessalonians/4-8.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:8</a> Therefore, he that despiseth these things, despiseth not man, but God, who also hath given his holy Spirit in us.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../revelation/11-6.htm">Revelation 11:6</a> These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: And they have power over waters, to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/matthew/16.htm">Peter's Confession of Christ</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl">And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.</span> <span class="reftext">20</span>Then he commanded his disciples, that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../isaiah/22-22.htm">Isaiah 22:22</a></span><br />And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder: and he shall open, and none shall shut: and he shall shut, and none shall open.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/18-18.htm">Matthew 18:18</a></span><br />Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/20-23.htm">John 20:23</a></span><br />Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them: and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../revelation/1-18.htm">Revelation 1:18</a></span><br />And alive, and was dead. And behold I am living for ever and ever and have the keys of death and of hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../revelation/3-7.htm">Revelation 3:7</a></span><br />And to the angel of the church of Philadelphia write: These things saith the Holy One and the true one, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and no man shutteth, shutteth and no man openeth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/14-3.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/matthew/14-3.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/matthew/15-35.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-12.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/matthew/15-6.htm">Free</a> <a href="/matthew/16-17.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/matthew/16-17.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/revelation/1-18.htm">Keys</a> <a href="/matthew/13-52.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/nahum/1-6.htm">Loose</a> <a href="/matthew/15-5.htm">Mayest</a> <a href="/matthew/1-19.htm">Release</a> <a href="/matthew/5-26.htm">Released</a> <a href="/matthew/15-17.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/matthew/15-17.htm">Whatsoever</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/18-18.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/matthew/18-18.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/matthew/17-25.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/matthew/18-6.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/matthew/17-26.htm">Free</a> <a href="/matthew/18-1.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/matthew/18-1.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/revelation/1-18.htm">Keys</a> <a href="/matthew/16-28.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/matthew/18-18.htm">Loose</a> <a href="/matthew/26-63.htm">Mayest</a> <a href="/matthew/18-18.htm">Release</a> <a href="/matthew/18-18.htm">Released</a> <a href="/matthew/17-12.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/matthew/17-12.htm">Whatsoever</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/16-19.htm">Matthew 16:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/matthew/16-19.htm">Matthew 16:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/matthew/16-19.htm">Matthew 16:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/matthew/16-19.htm">Matthew 16:19 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/16-19.htm">Matthew 16:19 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/16-19.htm">Matthew 16:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/16-19.htm">Matthew 16:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/16-19.htm">Matthew 16:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/matthew/16-19.htm">Matthew 16:19 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: and be been bind bound earth give have heaven I in keys kingdom loose loosed of on shall the whatever will you<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/matthew/16-19.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 16:19 I will give to you the keys (Matt. 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