²⁷ What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs.

¹⁷ Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood,^(A) but by my Father in heaven.^{(B) 18} And I tell you that you are Peter,^[a](C) and on this rock I will build my church,^(D) and the gates of Hades^[b] will not overcome it. ¹⁹ I will give you the keys^(E) of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be^[c] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be^[d] loosed in heaven.”^(F)

⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.

² until the day he was taken up to heaven,^(A) after giving instructions^(B) through the Holy Spirit to the apostles^(C) he had chosen.^(D)