Luke 17:3

Luke 17:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
• New International Version (NIV)So watch yourselves. “If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

Context of Luke 17:3

1And he said to his disciples, It cannot be but that offences come, but woe [to him] by whom they come! 2It would be [more] profitable for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should be a snare to one of these little ones. Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother should sin, rebuke him; and if he should repent, forgive him. 4And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times should return to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him. 5And the apostles said to the Lord, Give more faith to us.

Luke 17:3 word by word

προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς. ἐὰν ἁμάρτῃ ὁ ἀδελφός σου, ἐπιτίμησον αὐτῷ· καὶ ἐὰν μετανοήσῃ, ἄφες αὐτῷ.Read the interlinear

• Takeπροσέχωprosechō · to watch outG4337
• brotherἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• sinἁμαρτάνωhamartanō · to sinG264
• rebukeἐπιτιμάωepitimaō · to rebukeG2008
• repentμετανοέωmetanoeō · to repentG3340
• forgiveἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: forgiveG863

Cross-references for Luke 17:3

• Luke 21:34But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares;
• Exodus 34:12Take heed to thyself, that thou make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which thou shalt come, lest it be a snare in the midst of thee;
• Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things that thine eyes have seen (and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known to thy sons and to thy sons' sons),
• 2 Chronicles 19:6And he said to the judges, Take heed what ye do; for ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah, who will be with you in the matter of judgment.
• Ephesians 5:15See therefore how ye walk carefully, not as unwise but as wise,
• Hebrews 12:15watching lest [there be] any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and many be defiled by it;
• 2 John 1:8See to yourselves, that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive full wages.
• Matthew 18:15But if thy brother sin against thee, go, reprove him between thee and him alone. If he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
• Leviticus 19:17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou shalt earnestly rebuke thy neighbour, lest thou bear sin on account of him.
• Psalms 141:5Let the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is [for them] in their calamities.
• Proverbs 9:8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.
• Proverbs 17:10A reproof entereth more deeply into him that hath understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
• Proverbs 27:5Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
• Galatians 2:11But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him to [the] face, because he was to be condemned:
• James 5:19My brethren, if any one among you err from the truth, and one bring him back,

Commentaries on Luke 17:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3If thy brother trespass - See the notes on Matthew 18:21, Matthew 18:22.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3See the notes at Matthew 18:15, Matthew 18:21-22. “Trespass against thee.” Sin against thee, or does anything that gives you an offence or does you an injury. Rebuke - Reprove. Go and tell him his fault, and seek an explanation. Acquaint him with what has been the effect of his conduct, and the state of your feelings, that he may acknowledge his error and repent.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. (See on Mt 18:15-17; Mt 18:21, 22).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 17:3

• Charitableness
• Forgiveness
• Jesus, the Christ
• Reproof
• Trespass

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Commentaries on Luke 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings