the keys to the kingdom
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19And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound, even in heaven. And whatever you shall release on earth shall be released, even in heaven.”
22And I will place the key of the house of David upon his shoulder. And when he opens, no one will close. And when he closes, no one will open.
18Amen I say to you, whatever you will have bound on earth, shall be bound also in heaven, and whatever you will have released on earth, shall be released also in heaven.
18And I am alive, though I was dead. And, behold, I live forever and ever. And I hold the keys of death and of Hell.
20And this shall be in that day: I will call my servant Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah. 21And I will clothe him with your vestment, and I will strengthen him with your belt, and I will give your authority to his hand. And he shall be like a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. 22And I will place the key of the house of David upon his shoulder. And when he opens, no one will close. And when he closes, no one will open. 23And I will fasten him like a peg in a trustworthy place. And he will be upon a throne of glory in the house of his father.
22He is at the right hand of God, devouring death, so that we may be made heirs to eternal life. And since he has journeyed to heaven, the Angels and powers and virtues are subject to him.
18And I say to you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
10And you have made us into a kingdom and into priests for our God, and we shall reign over the earth.”
23Those whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them, and those whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.”
7And to the Angel of the Church of Philadelphia write: Thus says the Holy One, the True One, he who holds the key of David. He opens and no one closes. He closes and no one opens.
33Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.
7For the Lord God does not fulfill his word, unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets.
52Woe to you, experts in the law! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves do not enter, and those who were entering, you would have prohibited.”