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 ^(A)heathen and a tax collector.

¹⁸ “Assuredly, I say to you, ^(B)whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

^19 (C)“Again^[a] I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, ^(D)it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. ²⁰ For where two or three are gathered ^(E)together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”