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Matthew 16:17
New Catholic Bible

17 Then Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood[a] has not revealed this to you but my heavenly Father.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:17 Flesh and blood: a Scriptural expression that designates human beings in their weak and fragile condition. Has not revealed this to you but my heavenly Father: the source of Peter’s confession of Christ’s divinity is the heavenly Father.
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