Matthew 16:18

New American Bible - revised edition

And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.

Cross References

Genesis 22:17

I will bless you and make your descendants as countless as the stars of the sky and the sands of the seashore; your descendants will take possession of the gates of their enemies,

2 Samuel 18:4

The king said to them, “I will do what you think best.” So the king stood by the gate as all the soldiers marched out in units of a hundred and a thousand.

Job 38:17

Have the gates of death been shown to you, or have you seen the gates of darkness?

Psalm 107:18

They loathed all manner of food; they were at the gates of death.

Psalm 127:5

Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them. He will never be shamed for he will destroy his foes at the gate.

Psalm 129:2

Viciously have they attacked me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.

Psalm 69:12

When I clothed myself in sackcloth; I became a byword for them.

Psalm 9:13

For the avenger of bloodshed remembers, does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Proverbs 24:7

Wise words are beyond fools’ reach, in the assembly they do not open their mouth;

Isaiah 28:16

Therefore, thus says the Lord God: See, I am laying a stone in Zion, a stone that has been tested, A precious cornerstone as a sure foundation; whoever puts faith in it will not waver.

Isaiah 28:6

A spirit of judgment for the one who sits in judgment, And strength for those who turn back the battle at the gate.

Isaiah 38:10

In the noontime of life I said, I must depart! To the gates of Sheol I have been consigned for the rest of my years.

Isaiah 54:17

Every weapon fashioned against you shall fail; every tongue that brings you to trial you shall prove false. This is the lot of the servants of the Lord, their vindication from me—oracle of the Lord.

Jonah 2:6

The waters surged around me up to my neck; the deep enveloped me; seaweed wrapped around my head.

Matthew 10:2

The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

Matthew 11:23

And as for you, Capernaum: ‘Will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to the netherworld.’ For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

Matthew 18:17

If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.

Matthew 4:18

As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen.

Matthew 7:24

“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.

John 1:42

Then he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John; you will be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).

Acts 2:47

praising God and enjoying favor with all the people. And every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, in which you tend the church of God that he acquired with his own blood.

Acts 8:1

Now Saul was consenting to his execution. Persecution of the Church. On that day, there broke out a severe persecution of the church in Jerusalem, and all were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

1 Corinthians 15:55

Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”

Galatians 2:9

and when they recognized the grace bestowed upon me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas their right hands in partnership, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

Ephesians 3:10

so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the principalities and authorities in the heavens.

Ephesians 5:32

This is a great mystery, but I speak in reference to Christ and the church.

Colossians 1:18

He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent.

1 Timothy 3:15

But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of truth.

1 Timothy 3:5

for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of the church of God?

Hebrews 12:28

Therefore, we who are receiving the unshakable kingdom should have gratitude, with which we should offer worship pleasing to God in reverence and awe.

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. There were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world now belongs to our Lord and to his Anointed, and he will reign forever and ever.”

Revelation 21:14

The wall of the city had twelve courses of stones as its foundation, on which were inscribed the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.