Matthew 16:17
Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.
Note Greek Simon Bar-Jonah
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Blessed
- Matthew 5:3–11; Matthew 13:16, 17; Luke 10:23, 24; Luke 22:32; 1 Peter 1:3–5; 1 Peter 5:1
- Simon
- John 1:42; John 21:15–17
- for
- Galatians 1:11, 12, 16
- but
- Matthew 11:25–27; Isaiah 54:13; Luke 10:21, 22; John 6:45; John 17:6–8; 1 Corinthians 2:9–12; Galatians 1:16; Ephesians 1:17, 18; Ephesians 2:8; Ephesians 3:5, 18, 19; Colossians 1:26, 27; 1 John 4:15; 1 John 5:20