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OET-RV by cross-referenced section MAT 18:18

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Restricting and releasing

Mat 18:18–20

18:18 Restricting and releasing

18 “I can assure you that whatever you restrain on earth will be restrained in heaven, and whatever you set free on earth will be set free in heaven.[ref]

19 “Again, I can assure you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they request in prayer, then my father who’s in the heavens will action it, 20 because any place where two or three people have gathered together in my name and authority, I’ll be right there among them.”

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18 Truly, I _am _saying to _you _all, as _much _as wishfully you _all _may _bind on the earth, will _be having _been _bound in heaven, and as _much _as if you _all _may _untie/release on the earth, will _be having _been _untied/released in heaven.

19 Furthermore truly, I _am _saying to _you _all that if two of you _all on the earth may _agree _together concerning any matter, of _whatever if they _may _request, it _will _be _becoming for _them by the father of _me, who is in the_heavens.

20 For/Because where are two or three having _been _gathered _together in the my name, there I _am in the_midst of _them.

18:18: Mat 16:19; Yhn 20:23.

Collected OET-RV cross-references

Mat 16:19:

19 I’ll give you the heavenly kingdom’s keys, and whatever you restrain on the earth will be restrained in the heavens, and whatever you free on the earth will be freed in the heavens.”[ref]

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19 I _will _be _giving the keys of _the kingdom of _the heavens, to _you, and whatever if you _may _bind on the earth, will _be having _been _bound in the heavens, and whatever if you _may _untie/release on the earth, will _be having _been _untied/released in the heavens.

16:19: Mat 18:18; Yhn 20:23.

Yhn 20:23:

23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, then they’ll be forgiven but if you withhold forgiveness, then it will be withheld.”[ref]

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23 If of _any you _all _may _forgive the sins, they _have _been _forgiven to _them, if of _any you _all _may _be _restraining, they _have _been _restrained.

20:23: Mat 16:19; 18:18.