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16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

17 Jesus answered, “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because no person taught you that. My Father in heaven showed you who I am. 18 So I tell you, you are Peter.[a] On this rock I will build my church, and the power of death will not be able to defeat it.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:18 Peter The Greek name “Peter,” like the Aramaic name “Cephas,” means “rock.”

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