Mat 16:18-19 | ESV | STEP | And I tell you , you are Peter , and on this rock I will build my church , and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it .

Matthew 16:18-19

18 And I tell you, ^ayou are Peter, and ^bon this rock ^{▼▼The Greek words for Peter and rock sound similar} I will build my church, and ^dthe gates of ^ehell ^{▼▼Greek the gates of Hades} shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give you ^gthe keys of the kingdom of heaven, and ^hwhatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed ^{▼▼Or shall have been bound . . . shall have been loosed} in heaven.”