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Mat 16:17 — And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed [it] unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Blessed		Mat 5:3-11; Mat 13:16,17; Luk 10:23,24; Luk 22:32; 1Pe 1:3-5; 1Pe 5:1
Simon		Jhn 1:42; Jhn 21:15-17
for		Gal 1:11,12,16
but		Mat 11:25-27; Isa 54:13; Luk 10:21,22; Jhn 6:45; Jhn 17:6-8; 1Cr 2:9-12; Gal 1:16; Eph 1:17,18; Eph 2:8; Eph 3:5,18,19; Col 1:26,27; 1Jo 4:15; 1Jo 5:20

Correlating Passages

Blessed

	Mat 5:3	Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
	Mat 5:4	Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
	Mat 5:5	Blessed [are] the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
	Mat 5:6	Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
	Mat 5:7	Blessed [are] the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
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	Mat 13:16	But blessed [are] your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
	Mat 13:17	For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous [men] have desired to see [those things] which ye see, and have not seen [them]; and to hear [those things] which ye hear, and have not heard [them].
	Luk 10:23	And he turned him unto [his] disciples, and said privately, Blessed [are] the eyes which see the things that ye see:
	Luk 10:24	For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen [them]; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard [them].
	Luk 22:32	But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
	1Pe 1:3	Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
	1Pe 1:4	To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
	1Pe 1:5	Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
	1Pe 5:1	The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

Simon

	Jhn 1:42	And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
	Jhn 21:15	So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
	Jhn 21:16	He saith to him again the second time, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
	Jhn 21:17	He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

for

	Gal 1:11	But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
	Gal 1:12	For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught [it], but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
	Gal 1:16	To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

but

	Mat 11:25	At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
	Mat 11:26	Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
	Mat 11:27	All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and [he] to whomsoever the Son will reveal [him].
	Isa 54:13	And all thy children [shall be] taught of the LORD; and great [shall be] the peace of thy children.
	Luk 10:21	In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
	Luk 10:22	All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and [he] to whom the Son will reveal [him].
	Jhn 6:45	It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
	Jhn 17:6	I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
	Jhn 17:7	Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
	Jhn 17:8	For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received [them], and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
	1Cr 2:9	But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
	1Cr 2:10	But God hath revealed [them] unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
	1Cr 2:11	For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
	1Cr 2:12	Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
	Gal 1:16	To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
	Eph 1:17	That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
	Eph 1:18	The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
	Eph 2:8	For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:
	Eph 3:5	Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
	Eph 3:18	May be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
	Eph 3:19	And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
	Col 1:26	[Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
	Col 1:27	To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
	1Jo 4:15	Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
	1Jo 5:20	And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 16:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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