Bible Verses About Binding And Loosing In Church Authority

Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

Direct Bible passage for remitting and retaining sins

And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Direct passage for Matthew 16:19.

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.

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And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

Related Isaiah key text often connected to Matthew 16:19.

And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:

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And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;

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And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

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And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

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And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

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And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

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And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

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And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

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For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

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But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

Direct passage for Jesus' power to forgive sins.

And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.

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These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

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And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering.

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And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Background Bible text on repentance and remission

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

General forgiveness passage, not binding and loosing itself

Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

General remission language only

And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

General forgiveness text, not church authority

And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.

General forgiveness text, not church authority

And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

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And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.

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Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

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And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

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And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

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For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

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But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

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But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

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But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.

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He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

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