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.
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But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses.
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If the member refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if the offender refuses to listen even to the church, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
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Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
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Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.
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For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them."
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