“I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 16 contains 28 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.