^{15 Ref} He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

^{16 Ref} Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

^{17 Ref} 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 Ref} I also tell you that you are Peter,{Peter's name, Petros in Greek, is the word for a specific rock or stone.} and on this rock{Greek, petra, a rock mass or bedrock.} I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

^{15 Ref} He says to them, But who do you say that I am?

^{16 Ref} And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

^{17 Ref} And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven.

^{18 Ref} 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.

^{15 Ref} He saith to them, `And ye -- who do ye say me to be?'

^{16 Ref} and Simon Peter answering said, `Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'

^{17 Ref} And Jesus answering said to him, `Happy art thou, Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal `it' to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.

^{18 Ref} `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;