13And if he should find it, assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
14Even so it is not the awill of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
Dealing with a Sinning Brother
15“Moreover aif your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, byou have gained your brother.
16But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that a‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’
17And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a aheathen and a tax collector.
18“Assuredly, I say to you, awhatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
19a“Again1 I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, bit will be done for them by My Father in heaven.
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Matthew 18:15-17
It does not say minister, brethren! We read that into it! Jesus' advice in a situation like that was to take it before a jury of your peers in the congregation (and that may include the minister), because "in a multitude of counselors there is wisdom." In a multitude of counselors there is safety.
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