He (Jesus) said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

Simon Peter said in reply, "You are the Messiah, the

Son of the living God." Jesus said to him in reply,

"Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and

blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly

Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon

this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the

netherworld shall not prevail against it. 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."