19 And I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Matthew 16:19 Cross References - Wesley
Matthew 18:18
18 Verily I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.
John 20:23
23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Acts 2:14-42
14 Then Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said to them, Men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and hearken to my words.
15 These are not drunken as ye suppose for it is but the third hour of the day.
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel,
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophecy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And in those days I will pour out of my Spirit upon my servants and upon my handmaids, and they shall prophecy.
19 And I will shew prodigies in heaven above, and signs on earth beneath,
20 blood and fire, and vapour of smoke, The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the day of the Lord, the great and illustrious day, come.
21 But whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved.
22 Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man pointed out to you of God, by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God wrought by him in the midst of you, as yourselves also know:
23 Him being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands, have crucified and slain:
24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death, as it was not possible that he should be held under it.
25 For David speaketh concerning him, I have seen the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right-hand, that I may not be moved.
26 Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue exulteth; yea, and my flesh shall rest in hope.
27 For thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades, neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.
28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt fill me with joy by thy countenance.
29 Men and brethren, I may say to you freely of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is among us to this day.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, That of the fruit of his loins one should sit on his throne,
31 He foreseeing this, spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in Hades, neither did his flesh see corruption.
32 This Jesus God hath raised up, whereof all we are witnesses.
33 Being therefore exalted by the right-hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the heavens; but he saith himself, The Lord said to my Lord,
35 Sit thou on my right-hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, That God hath made this Jesus whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ.
37 And hearing this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?
38 And Peter said, Repent, and be baptized every one of you, in the name of Jesus, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39 For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, whomsoever the Lord our God shall call.
40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation.
41 Then they, gladly receiving his word, were baptized; and there were added to them that day about three thousand souls.
42 And they continued stedfast in the teaching of the apostles, and the fellowship, and the breaking of bread, and the prayers.
Acts 10:34-43
34 Then Peter opening his mouth, said, I perceive of a truth that God is not a respecter of persons:
35 But in every nation, he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted by him.
36 This is the word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching the glad tidings of peace through Jesus Christ; He is Lord of all.
37 Ye know the word which was published through all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached:
38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him.
39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom yet they slew and hanged on a tree.
40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
41 (Not to all the people, but to witnesses, chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him) after he rose from the dead.
42 And he commanded us, to proclaim to the people, and to testify, that it is he who is ordained by God the Judge of the living and the dead.
43 To him give all the prophets witness, that every one who believeth in him, shall receive forgiveness of sins through his name.
Acts 15:7
7 And after much debate, Peter rose up and said to them, Brethren, ye know, that God long ago made choice among us, that the Gentiles should by my mouth hear the word of the gospel and believe.
1 Corinthians 5:4-5
4 as if I were present, judged him who hath so done this, In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit,
5 with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one to Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians 2:10
10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: and if I forgive any thing, to whom I forgive it, it is for your sakes, in the person of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 4:8
8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man but God; who hath also given you his Holy Spirit.
Revelation 1:18
18 And he that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore, and have the keys of death and of Hades.
Revelation 3:7
7 And to the angel of the church of Philadelphia write, These things saith the Holy, the True One, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and none shutteth, and shutteth and none openeth.
Revelation 9:1
1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star falling from heaven upon the earth, and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Revelation 11:6
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophesying, and have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues as often as they will.
Revelation 20:1-3
1 And I saw an angel descending out of heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit, and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he might deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled. After this he must be loosed for a small time.