Joseph Provides for His Brothers and Family

45 Then Joseph could not (A)control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, “Make everyone go out from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

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Joseph Makes Himself Known

45 Then Joseph could no longer control himself(A) before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!”(B) So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

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If Your Brother Sins Against You

15 (A)“If your brother sins against you, (B)go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have (C)gained your brother.

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Dealing With Sin in the Church

15 “If your brother or sister[a] sins,[b] go and point out their fault,(A) just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:15 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman; also in verses 21 and 35.
  2. Matthew 18:15 Some manuscripts sins against you

or rude. It (A)does not insist on its own way; it (B)is not irritable or resentful;[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 13:5 Greek irritable and does not count up wrongdoing

It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,(A) it is not easily angered,(B) it keeps no record of wrongs.(C)

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41 (A)not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as (B)witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

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41 He was not seen by all the people,(A) but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate(B) and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

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If I say, “I will not mention him,
    or speak any more in his name,”
(A)there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
    shut up in my bones,
and (B)I am weary with holding it in,
    and I cannot.

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But if I say, “I will not mention his word
    or speak anymore in his name,”(A)
his word is in my heart like a fire,(B)
    a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;(C)
    indeed, I cannot.

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14 For a long time I have held my peace;
    I have kept still and restrained myself;
now I will cry out (A)like a woman in labor;
    I will gasp and pant.

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14 “For a long time I have kept silent,(A)
    I have been quiet and held myself back.(B)
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
    I cry out, I gasp and pant.(C)

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20 (A)Tell it not in Gath,
    (B)publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
(C)lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
    lest the daughters of (D)the uncircumcised exult.

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20 “Tell it not in Gath,(A)
    proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,(B)
lest the daughters of the Philistines(C) be glad,
    lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.(D)

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30 Then Joseph hurried out, for (A)his compassion grew warm for his brother, and he sought a place to weep. And he entered his chamber and (B)wept there. 31 Then he washed his face and came out. And (C)controlling himself he said, “Serve the food.”

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30 Deeply moved(A) at the sight of his brother, Joseph hurried out and looked for a place to weep. He went into his private room and wept(B) there.

31 After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself,(C) said, “Serve the food.”(D)

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