Dealing with a Brother who Sins^(A)

¹⁵ “If your brother sins against you,^[a] go and confront him while the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother. ¹⁶ But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two others with you so that ‘every word may be confirmed by the testimony^[b] of two or three witnesses.’^{[c] 17} If, however, he ignores them, tell it to the congregation.^[d] If he also ignores the congregation,^[e] regard him as an unbeliever^[f] and a tax collector.

¹⁸ “I tell all of you^[g] with certainty, whatever you prohibit on earth will have been prohibited^[h] in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted^[i] in heaven. ¹⁹ Furthermore, I tell all of you^[j] with certainty that if two of you agree on earth about anything you request, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven, ²⁰ because where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them.”