Joseph Revealed to His Brothers

45 Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Make everyone go out from me!” So no one stood with him (A)while 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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Dealing with a Sinning Brother

15 “Moreover (A)if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, (B)you have 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

30 Now (A)his heart yearned for his brother; so Joseph made haste and sought somewhere to weep. And he went into his chamber and (B)wept there. 31 Then he washed his face and came out; and he restrained himself, and said, “Serve the (C)bread.”

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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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does not behave rudely, (A)does not seek its own, is not provoked, [a]thinks no evil;

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 13:5 keeps no accounts of evil

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 witnesses chosen before by God, even to us (B)who ate and drank with Him after He arose 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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Then I said, “I will not make mention of Him,
Nor speak anymore in His name.”
But His word was in my heart like a (A)burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
I was weary of holding it back,
And (B)I could not.

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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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Promise of the Lord’s Help

14 “I have held My peace a long time,
I have been still and restrained Myself.
Now I will cry like a woman in [a]labor,
I will pant and gasp at once.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:14 childbirth

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,
Proclaim it not in the streets of (B)Ashkelon—
Lest (C)the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
Lest the daughters of (D)the uncircumcised triumph.

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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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