Matthew 18:19–20
Jesus promises to be among two or three gathered in his name
Study it word by word19Again, 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.”
In its context
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.
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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.
Its words in the original
- ΠάλινPalin· again
Again, once more; also "in turn".
- ἀμὴνamēn· truly, amen
Amen: a Hebrew word meaning "so it is", "it is firm". Jesus uses it at the start of a saying to affirm what he is about to say: "truly".
- λέγωlegō· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- δύοdyo· two
Two.
- συμφωνήσωσινsymphōnēsōsin· agree
Agree, be in harmony, come to an agreement; also match, fit together.
- γῆςgēs· earth, land
Earth: the ground, a country, or the whole world.
- πράγματοςpragmatos· matter, thing
Matter, thing, affair; also a deed, or a lawsuit.
- αἰτήσωνταιaitēsōntai· ask
Ask, ask for.
- γενήσεταιgenēsetai· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- πατρόςpatros· father, Father
Father; also ancestor.
- οὐρανοῖςouranois· heaven, sky
Heaven: the sky and, above all, the place of God. "The heavens" is sometimes a respectful way of saying "God".
- οὗhou· where
"Where", "to where".
- εἰσινeisin· be
Be, exist.
- τρεῖςtreis· three
Three.
- συνηγμένοιsynēgmenoi· gather
Gather, bring together.
- ἐμὸνemon· my, mine
My, mine.
- ὄνομαonoma· name
Name. In the Bible, a name stands for the person himself.
- μέσῳmesōi· middle
Middle, in the midst.