Matthew 16:15-18

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁵ He said to them, But who do you [yourselves] say that I am?

¹⁶ Simon Peter replied, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

¹⁷ Then Jesus answered him, Blessed (happy, fortunate, and ^[a]to be envied) are you, Simon Bar-Jonah. For flesh and blood [men] have not revealed this to you, but My Father Who is in heaven.

¹⁸ And I tell you, you are ^[b]Peter [Greek, Petros—a large piece of rock], and on this rock [Greek, petra—a ^[c]huge rock like Gibraltar] I will build My church, and the gates of Hades (the powers of the ^[d]infernal region) shall ^[e]not overpower it [or be strong to its detriment or hold out against it].