Matthew 18:19 (WEB)

Passage

Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.

Nearby Context

Matthew 18:17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

Matthew 18:18 Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.

Matthew 18:19 Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”

Matthew 18:21 Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "again", "assuredly", "tell", "agree", "earth", "concerning", "anything", and "done". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "again" and "assuredly", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "Most certainly I tell you whatever things..." into verse 20's "For where two or three are gathered...", so "again" and "assuredly" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "again" and "assuredly" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.