Matthew 16:18

Bible in Basic English 1965

And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.

Cross References

Genesis 22:17

That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;

2 Samuel 18:4

And the king said to them, I will do whatever seems best to you. So the king took his place by the door of the town, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

Job 38:17

Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you?

Psalm 107:18

They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.

Psalm 127:5

Happy is the man who has a good store of them; he will not be put to shame, but his cause will be supported by them against his haters.

Psalm 129:2

Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.

Psalm 69:12

I am a cause of wonder to those in authority; a song to those who are given to strong drink.

Psalm 9:13

Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.

Isaiah 28:16

For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.

Isaiah 28:6

And a spirit of wisdom to the judge, and strength to those who keep back the attackers at the door of the town.

Isaiah 38:10

I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.

Isaiah 54:17

No instrument of war which is formed against you will be of any use; and every tongue which says evil against you will be judged false. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness comes from me, says the Lord.

Jonah 2:6

I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.

Matthew 10:2

Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;

Matthew 11:23

And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day.

Matthew 18:17

Truly I say to you, Whatever things are fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.

Matthew 4:18

And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

Matthew 7:24

Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;

John 1:42

And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas which is to say, Peter.

Acts 2:47

Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.

Acts 20:28

Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

Acts 8:1

And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

1 Corinthians 15:55

O death, where is your power? O death, where are your pains?

Galatians 2:9

When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

Ephesians 3:10

So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,

Ephesians 5:32

This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.

Colossians 1:18

And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.

1 Timothy 3:15

But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.

1 Timothy 3:5

For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?

Hebrews 12:28

If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:

Revelation 11:15

And at the sounding of the seventh angel there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will have rule for ever and ever.

Revelation 21:14

And the wall of the town had twelve bases, and on them the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.