Matthew 18:18

18 "Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will be released in heaven.

Matthew 18:18 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 18:18

Verily I say unto you
To them all, what he had said before to Peter; (See Gill on Matthew 16:19): what is said here, refers to things and not persons, as there also.

Matthew 18:18 In-Context

16 But if he does not listen, take with you in addition one or two [others], so that by {the testimony} of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.
17 And if he refuses to listen to them, tell [it] to the church. But if he refuses to listen to the church also, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
18 "Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will be released in heaven.
19 Again, truly I say to you that if two of you agree on earth about any matter that they ask, it will be done for them from my Father [who is] in heaven.
20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there in the midst of them."
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