King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 16:15
“He saith unto them, ‹But whom say ye that I am?›”
Verse in context — Matthew 16
13
When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, ‹Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?›
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And they said, Some [say that thou art] John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
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He saith unto them, ‹But whom say ye that I am?›
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And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
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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.›
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