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Matthew 18:16
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14 Even 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.  
16 But 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.’  
17 And 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.  
19 a“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.  
20 For where two or three are gathered atogether in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”  

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

21 Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? aUp to seven times?”  
Verse Comparison: Matthew 18:16

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American Standard Version
But if he hear `thee' not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.

Amplified® Bible
But if he does not listen, take along with you one or two others, so that every word may be confirmed {and} upheld by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Contemporary English Version
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.

Darby English Version
But if he do not hear [thee], take with thee one or two besides, that every matter may stand upon the word of two witnesses or of three.

Good News Bible
But if he will not listen to you, take one or two other persons with you, so that 'every accusation may be upheld by the testimony of two or more witnesses,' as the scripture says.

International Standard Version
But if he doesn't listen, take one or two others with you so that 'every word may be confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses.'

King James Version
But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

New American Standard Bible
"But if he does not listen {to you,} take one or two more with you, so that BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY FACT MAY BE CONFIRMED.

New International Version
But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.'

New King James Version
But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that "by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY FACT MAY REACH CONFIRMATION.

Young's Literal Translation
and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand.


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