16 And Simon Peter answered and[a] said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!” 17 And Jesus answered and[b] said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this[c] to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it!

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:16 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Matthew 16:17 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Matthew 16:17 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation