17. And if he will not listen to them, tell the Church. But if he will not listen to the Church, let him be to you like the pagan and the tax collector.
18. Amen I say to you, whatever you will have bound on earth, shall be bound also in heaven, and whatever you will have released on earth, shall be released also in heaven.
19. Again I say to you, that if two of those among you have agreed on earth, about anything whatsoever that they have requested, it shall be done for them by my Father, who is in heaven.
20. For wherever two or three are gathered in my name, there am I, in their midst."
21. Then Peter, drawing near to him, said: "Lord, how many times shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Even seven times?"
22. Jesus said to him: "I do not say to you, even seven times, but even seventy times seven times.
23. Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is compared to a man who was king, who wanted to take account of his servants.