Matthew 18:18 - Forerunner Commentary

Matthew 18:18

16 But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ^a‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’

17 And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a ^aheathen and a tax collector.

18 “Assuredly, I say to you, ^awhatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

19 ^a“Again¹ I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, ^bit will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

20 For where two or three are gathered ^atogether in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

21 Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? ^aUp to seven times?”

22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, ^aup to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.

Verse Comparison: Matthew 18:18

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American Standard Version
Verily I say unto you, what things soever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and what things soever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Amplified® Bible
Truly I tell you, whatever you forbid {and} declare to be improper and unlawful on earth must be what is already forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit {and} declare proper and lawful on earth must be what is already permitted in heaven.

Contemporary English Version
I promise you that God in heaven will allow whatever you allow on earth, but he will not allow anything you don't allow.

Darby English Version
Verily I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on the earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on the earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Good News Bible
"And so I tell all of you: what you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven, and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.

International Standard Version
"Truly I tell you, whatever you prohibit on earth will have been prohibited in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted in heaven.

King James Version
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

New American Standard Bible
"Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.

New International Version
"I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will bebound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

New King James Version
“Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth your Father shall have bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth your Father shall have loosed in heaven.

Young's Literal Translation
`Verily I say to you, Whatever things ye may bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever things ye may loose on the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.

New English Translation
“I tell you the truth,¹ whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.

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