Matthew 18:18 Verily I say to you, Whatever things ye may bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever things ye may loose on the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.
“Perhaps you would accept Strong’s direct translation?”
Why? The Church has 2,000 years of unbroken scholarship on the issue. Since you appear to rely on other’s - implying no special knowledge of your own, why Strong over the Church Christ founded?
“Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.’ And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.’ “