KJV King James Version
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
WEB World English Bible
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”
ASV American Standard Version
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for where there are two or three gathered together—to my name, there am I in the midst of them.’
Surrounding context — Matthew 18
17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell [it] unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
οὗG3757 · ohuwhitherγάρG1063 · garforεἰσινG1510 · eimito beδύοG1417 · duotwoἢG2228 · ēorτρεῖςG5140 · treisThreeσυνηγμένοιG4863 · sunagōto assembleεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐμὸνG1473 · egōI/weὄνομα,G3686 · onomanameἐκεῖG1563 · ekeithereεἰμιG1510 · eimito beἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongμέσῳG3319 · mesosmidstαὐτῶν.¶G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
1 Corinthians 5:4In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,Revelation 21:3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.Matthew 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.Zechariah 2:5For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.John 20:26And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: [then] came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace [be] unto you.John 20:19Then the same day at evening, being the first [day] of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you.Revelation 2:1Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;Exodus 20:24An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.Genesis 49:10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him [shall] the gathering of the people [be].Revelation 1:11-13Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send [it] unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.John 8:58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.Philemon 1:2And to [our] beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:1 Thessalonians 1:1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians [which is] in God the Father and [in] the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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