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Matthew 16:16-18
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Matthew 16:16-18
EasyEnglish Bible
16 Simon Peter answered him. ‘You are the Messiah. You are the Son of God, the God who lives for ever.’
17 Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of Jonah, God has blessed you! No person on earth taught you that. God, my Father in heaven, has shown you this. 18 I tell you this. You are called Peter, which means a rock. And I will build my church on this rock.[a] Not even the power of death will destroy my church.
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- 16:18 Jesus used a house that someone builds on a rock as a picture. The house is like the church. The things that Peter would teach are like the stones under the house. One day soon, Jesus would go back to live in heaven again. Then Peter would be a leader of the disciples to teach the people the true things about God. The people who obeyed Jesus' words would be called the church.
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