Matthew 18:15-20
Legacy Standard Bible
If Your Brother Sins
15 “(A)Now if your brother sins[a], go and [b]show him his fault, between you and him alone; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. 16 But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that (B)by the mouth of two or three witnesses every [c]fact may be confirmed. 17 And if he refuses to listen to them, (C)tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, (D)let him be to you as the Gentile and the tax collector. 18 Truly I say to you, (E)whatever you [d]bind on earth [e]shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you [f]loose on earth [g]shall have been loosed in heaven.
19 “Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, (F)it shall be done for them [h]by My Father who is in heaven. 20 For where two or three have gathered together in My name, (G)I am there in their midst.”
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- Matthew 18:15 Later mss add against you
- Matthew 18:15 Or reprove him,
- Matthew 18:16 Lit word
- Matthew 18:18 Or forbid
- Matthew 18:18 Gr fut. pft. pass.
- Matthew 18:18 Or permit
- Matthew 18:18 Gr fut. pft. pass.
- Matthew 18:19 Lit from
Matthew 18:15-20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Restoring a Brother
15 “If your brother sins against you,[a] go and rebuke him in private.[b] If he listens to you, you have won your brother.(A) 16 But if he won’t listen, take one or two more with you, so that by the testimony[c] of two or three witnesses every fact may be established.(B)[d] 17 If he pays no attention to them, tell the church.[e](C) But if he doesn’t pay attention even to the church, let him be like an unbeliever[f] and a tax collector to you.(D) 18 I assure you: Whatever you bind on earth is already bound[g] in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed[h] in heaven.(E) 19 Again, I assure you: If two of you on earth agree about any matter that you[i] pray for, it will be done for you[j] by My Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there among them.”
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- Matthew 18:15 Other mss omit against you
- Matthew 18:15 Lit him between you and him alone
- Matthew 18:16 Lit mouth
- Matthew 18:16 Dt 19:15
- Matthew 18:17 Or congregation
- Matthew 18:17 Or like a Gentile
- Matthew 18:18 Or earth will be bound
- Matthew 18:18 Or earth will be loosed
- Matthew 18:19 Lit they
- Matthew 18:19 Lit for them
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