Matthew 18:18

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.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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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—Here, what had been granted but a short time before to Peter only (see on Matthew 16:19) is plainly extended to all the Twelve; so that whatever it means, it means nothing peculiar to Peter, far less to his pretended successors at Rome. It has to do with admission to and rejection from the membership of the Church. But see on John 20:23.

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