Matthew 18:15

Matthew 18:15

13 And 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.

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?”

22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, ^aup to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.

23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

24 And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

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Matthew 18:15 If thy brother. Brother in the church. Compare Mark 9:38 Lu 9:49. Sin against thee. Personally. Injure you or do you wrong. Shew him his fault. Go to him privately and have a kind, brotherly talk over the matter, and try to show him his fault. Gained thy brother. For thyself, by restoring good feeling; for God, by leading him to a sense of sin and repentance.

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