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Matthew 16:18
18
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock
[1]
I will build my church, and the gates of hell
[2]
shall not prevail against it.
Footnotes
[1]
Peter
sounds like the Greek word for
rock
[2]
Greek
the gates of Hades
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