18I 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.


In Context

15 He said to them, |But who do you say that I am?|

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

17 Jesus answered him, |Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

18 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.

19 I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.|

20 Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.

Matthew 16:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:18And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:18And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:18And I also, I say unto thee that thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and hades' gates shall not prevail against it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:18And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:18And I say also to thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church: and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:18'And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:18And I say also to you, That you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.