Study it in the app“Again, truly I tell you that if two of you agree on earth about any matter that they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.”
Jesus promises to be among two or three gathered in his namePrayer
Again,ΠάλινtrulyἀμὴνI tellλέγωyouὑμῖνthatὅτιifἐὰνtwoδύοofἐξyouὑμῶνagreeσυμφωνήσωσινonἐπὶearthτῆς γῆςaboutπερὶanyπαντὸςmatterπράγματοςthatοὗ ἐὰνthey ask for,αἰτήσωνταιit will be doneγενήσεταιfor themαὐτοῖςbyπαρὰmy Fatherτοῦ πατρός μουwho isτοῦinἐνheaven.οὐρανοῖς
also
Adds something to what was said, on the other hand.
Where else “Palin” appearstruly
"I assure you": Jesus says it to affirm something.
Where else “amēn” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appearstwo
Two.
Where else “dyo” appearsagree
Agree, be in harmony, come to an agreement; also match, fit together.
Where else “symphōnēsōsin” appearsearth
The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.
Where else “gēs” appearsmatter
The matter at hand, or anything at all.
Where else “pragmatos” appearsask
Ask, ask for.
Where else “aitēsōntai” appearshappen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “genēsetai” appearsFather
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patros” appearsheaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranois” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Forgiving a brother
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
Matthew 18:15-22
15And if your brother sins against you, go, reprove him between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16But if he does not listen, take with you one or two more, so that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established. 17And if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly; and if he refuses to listen even to the assembly, let him be to you as the Gentile and the tax collector. 18Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven. 19Again, truly I tell you that if two of you agree on earth about any matter that they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. 20For where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am among them.” 21Then Peter came to him and said, “Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” 22Jesus says to him, “I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy-seven times.
3Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he changes his mind, forgive him. 4And if seven times a day he sins against you and seven times turns back to you, saying, ‘I change my mind,’ you will forgive him.”
18Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven.
19 · This verse (above)
20For where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am among them.”
1. What it says
What did Jesus put in the middle of the disciples when they asked who is greatest (vv. 1–3)?
2. What it means
Why does Jesus tell the parable of the slave who was forgiven a huge debt (vv. 23–35)?
3. How I live it
Peter asked how many times to forgive (v. 21). Whom do you find hard to forgive, and what small first step can you take?
