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Matthew 18:16-18
Contemporary English Version
Matthew 18:16-18
Contemporary English Version
16 (A) But if that one refuses to listen, take along one or two others. The Scriptures teach that every complaint must be proven true by two or more witnesses. 17 If the follower refuses to listen to them, report the matter to the church. Anyone who refuses to listen to the church must be treated like an unbeliever or a tax collector.[a]
Allowing and Not Allowing
18 (B) I promise you God in heaven will allow whatever you allow on earth, but God will not allow anything you don't allow.
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- 18.17 tax collector: See the note at 5.46.
Matthew 18:16-18
New International Version
Matthew 18:16-18
New International Version
16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’[a](A) 17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church;(B) and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.(C)
18 “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be[b] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[c] loosed in heaven.(D)
Footnotes
- Matthew 18:16 Deut. 19:15
- Matthew 18:18 Or will have been
- Matthew 18:18 Or will have been
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