Matthew 18:20
New International Version
For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”

New Living Translation
For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.”

English Standard Version
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”

Berean Standard Bible
For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

Berean Literal Bible
For where two or three are gathered together unto My name, there am I in their midst."

King James Bible
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

New King James Version
For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”

New American Standard Bible
For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”

NASB 1995
“For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”

NASB 1977
“For where two or three have gathered together in My name, there I am in their midst.”

Legacy Standard Bible
For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”

Amplified Bible
For where two or three are gathered in My name [meeting together as My followers], I am there among them.”

Christian Standard Bible
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there among them.”

American Standard Version
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For where two or three are assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

Contemporary English Version
Whenever two or three of you come together in my name, I am there with you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

English Revised Version
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them."

Good News Translation
For where two or three come together in my name, I am there with them."

International Standard Version
because where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them."

Literal Standard Version
for where there are two or three gathered together—to My Name, there am I in the midst of them.”

Majority Standard Bible
For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

New American Bible
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

NET Bible
For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them."

New Revised Standard Version
For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.”

New Heart English Bible
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them."

Webster's Bible Translation
For where two or three are assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Weymouth New Testament
For where there are two or three assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

World English Bible
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”

Young's Literal Translation
for where there are two or three gathered together -- to my name, there am I in the midst of them.'

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Context
A Brother who Sins
19Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. 20For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them. 21Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”…

Cross References
Matthew 28:20
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

Matthew 18:21
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?"


Treasury of Scripture

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the middle of them.

two.

Genesis 49:10
The 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.

John 20:19,26
Then 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…

1 Corinthians 5:4
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

there.

Matthew 28:20
Teaching 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.

Exodus 20:24
An 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.

Zechariah 2:5
For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

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Matthew 18
1. Jesus warns his disciples to be humble and harmless,
7. to avoid offenses,
10. and not to despise the little ones;
15. teaches how we are to deal with our brothers when they offend us,
21. and how often to forgive them;
23. which he sets forth by a parable of the king who took account of his servants,
32. and punished him who showed no mercy to his fellow servant.














(20) Where two or three . . .--The true meaning of the words is well embodied in the well-known patristic axiom, Ubi tres, ibi Ecclesia ("Where three are there is a church"). The strength of the Christian society was not to be measured by a numerical standard, but by its fulfilment of the true conditions of its life. The presence of Christ was as true and mighty, His communion with His Church as real, when His followers were but as a remnant, as when they were gathered in the great congregation. He would be with the "two or three" (there is, perhaps, a special reference to the self-same words in Matthew 18:16), to plead for them as the great High Priest, to impart Himself to them, to ratify their decisions.

Verse 20. - The promise is applied to the public prayer of the congregation, as we see in what is called "the prayer of St. Chrysostom" in the English Prayer book. Are gathered together. For the purpose of worship. It is a simpler form of the word used in Hebrews 10:25, "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together." In my Name (εἰς τὸ ἐμὸν ὄνομα); literally, into my Name; i.e. with love to me, yearning for union with me, and acting for my glory. This would imply decent and orderly meeting for the highest ends. There am I in the midst of them. Christ promises a real, actual presence, though invisible, as true as when he appeared to his disciples after his resurrection, as true as when the Shechinah shone in tabernacle or temple. The rabbis had a saying that if two sat at table and conversed about the Law of God, the Shechinah rested upon them. The promise in the text, of course, implies Christ's omnipresence and omniscience. This is his blessing on united, congregational prayer.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
For
γάρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

where
οὗ (hou)
Adverb
Strong's 3757: Where, whither, when, in what place. Genitive case of hos as adverb; at which place, i.e. Where.

two
δύο (dyo)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1417: Two. A primary numeral; 'two'.

or
(ē)
Conjunction
Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.

three
τρεῖς (treis)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5140: Three. Or neuter tria a primary number; 'three'.

gather together
συνηγμένοι (synēgmenoi)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4863: From sun and ago; to lead together, i.e. Collect or convene; specially, to entertain.

in
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

My
ἐμὸν (emon)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1699: My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my.

name,
ὄνομα (onoma)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3686: Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'.

there
ἐκεῖ (ekei)
Adverb
Strong's 1563: (a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there. Of uncertain affinity; there; by extension, thither.

am I
εἰμι (eimi)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

with them.”
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.


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