Matthew 16:18-19

18 And I tell you, ¹you are Peter, and ²on this rock^[a] I will build my church, and ³the gates of ⁴hell^[b] shall not prevail against it.

19 I will give you ⁵the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and ⁶whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed^[c] in heaven. ”

Cross References

• 1. 16:18 [ch. 10:2; John 1:42]
• 2. 16:18 Eph. 2:20; Rev. 21:14; [ch. 7:24]
• 3. 16:18 Job 38:17; Isa. 38:10
• 4. 16:18 See ch. 11:23
• 5. 16:19 [Isa. 22:22; Rev. 1:18; 3:7]
• 6. 16:19 [ch. 18:18; John 20:23]

Footnotes

• [a] 16:18 The Greek words for 'Peter' and 'rock' sound similar
• [b] 16:18 Greek 'the gates of Hades'
• [c] 16:19 Or 'shall have been bound . . . shall have been loosed'