Matthew 18:14-20
English Standard Version
14 So (A)it is not the will of my[a] Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
If Your Brother Sins Against You
15 (B)“If your brother sins against you, (C)go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have (D)gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established (E)by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, (F)tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, (G)let him be to you as (H)a Gentile and (I)a tax collector. 18 Truly, I say to you, (J)whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed[b] in heaven. 19 Again I say to you, if two of you (K)agree on earth about anything they ask, (L)it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are (M)gathered in my name, (N)there am I among them.”
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- Matthew 18:14 Some manuscripts your
- Matthew 18:18 Or shall have been bound… shall have been loosed
Mattityahu 18:14-20
Orthodox Jewish Bible
14 Thus it is not the ratzon Hashem, the will of your Av shbaShomayim, that one of these little ones perish.
15 And if your Ach b’Moshiach sins against you, go and reprove him in private, just between the two of you; if he listens to you, you have gained your Ach b’Moshiach.
16 But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more Achim b’Moshiach with you, so that by the PI SHNAYIM SHLOSHAH EDIM (by the mouth of two or three witnesses, DEVARIM 19:15) every word shall be established.
17 But if he refuses to listen to them, speak to the shtiebel kehillah, and if he even refuses to hear the kehillah, let him be to you as the Goy (heathen, pagan) and the moches (tax-collector).
18 Omein, I say to you, whatever you bind as asur (prohibited) on haaretz will have been bound in Shomayim, and whatever you permit as mutar on haaretz is mutar (permitted) in Shomayim.
19 Again, omein, I say to you, that if two of you will be in agreement about anything on haaretz that you petition for, it will be done for them by Avi shbaShomayim.
20 For where two or three are gathered as a Chavurah and are a Kehillah in my name [Moshiach], there I am in the midst of them.
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