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17 If he pays no attention to them [refusing to listen and obey], tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a pagan and a tax collector.(A)

18 Truly I tell you, whatever you forbid and declare to be improper and unlawful on earth must be [a]what is already forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit and declare proper and lawful on earth must be [b]what is already permitted in heaven.

19 Again I tell you, if two of you on earth agree (harmonize together, make a symphony together) about whatever [anything and [c]everything] they may ask, it will come to pass and be done for them by My Father in heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:18 See footnote on Matt. 16:19.
  2. Matthew 18:18 See footnote on Matt. 16:19.
  3. Matthew 18:19 John Wycliffe, The Wycliffe Bible.

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