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Matthew 16:16-18
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16 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock [1] I will build my church, and the gates of hell [2] shall not prevail against it.

Footnotes

[1] 16:18 The Greek words for Peter and rock sound similar
[2] 16:18 Greek the gates of Hades

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