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and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven,
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and whatever you loose on earth on will be loosed in heaven."
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Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone
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that he was the Messiah.
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Between the command to silence,
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which came right after the confession in Mark,
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Matthew puts all this foundation-of-the church stuff.
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Now this is a very famous text that has caused all kinds of
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disagreement between Roman Catholics and Protestants.
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Roman Catholics take this text as teaching that Jesus,
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particularly selected Peter as the first Pope,
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and that when he says, I'm giving you the keys to the kingdom,