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Matthew 16:15-17
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Matthew 16:15-17
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”[a] 17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
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- 16.16 The context shows that Peter recognizes the sonship of Jesus as divine and not adoptive like ours. Mark and Luke in the parallel passages mention only the confession of the Messiahship.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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