Matthew 18
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Matthew 18:15-22

15“IfἘὰνEanG1437your brotherἀδελφόςadelphosG80sinsἁμαρτήσῃhamartēsēG264,goὕπαγεhupageG5217andshowG1651him his faultG1651in privateμόνου.monouG3441;ifἐάνeanG1437he listensἀκούσῃ,akousēG191to you, you have wonἐκέρδησαςekerdēsasG2770your brotherἀδελφόνadelphonG80.
16But ifἐὰνeanG1437he does not listenἀκούσῃ,akousēG191to you,takeπαράλαβεparalabeG3880oneἕναhenaG1520orἢēG2228twoδύοduoG1417moreἔτιetiG2089with you, soἵναinaG2443thatby the mouthστόματοςstomatosG4750of twoδύοduoG1417orἢēG2228threeτριῶνtriōnG5140witnessesμαρτύρωνmarturōnG3144everyπᾶνpanG3956factῥῆμα.rhēmaG4487may be confirmedσταθῇstathēaG2476.
17IfἐὰνeanG1437he refusesG3878to listenπαρακούσῃparakousēG3878to them,tellG3004it to the churchἐκκλησίᾳ.ekklēsiaG1577;and ifἐὰνeanG1437he refusesG3878to listenπαρακούσῃ,parakousēG3878evenG2532to the churchἐκκλησίαςekklēsiasG1577, let him be to you asa GentileἐθνικὸςethnikosG1482anda taxτελώνης.¶telōnēsG5057collectorG5057.
18TrulyἈμὴνAmēnG281I sayλέγωlegōG3004to you,whateverὅσα ἐὰνhosa eanG3745G1437youbindδήσητεdēsēteG1210on earthγῆς,gēsG1093shall have been boundδεδεμέναdedemenaG1210in heavenοὐρανῷ·ouranōG3772;and whateverὅσα ἐὰνhosa eanG3745G1437youlooseλύσητεlusēteG3089on earthγῆς,gēsG1093shall have been loosedλελυμέναlelumenaG3089in heavenοὐρανῷ.¶ouranōG3772.
19“AgainΠάλινPalinG3825I sayλέγωlegōG3004to you, that ifG1437twoδύοduoG1417of you agreeσυμφωνήσωσινsumphōnēsōsinG4856on earthγῆςgēsG1093aboutπερὶperiG4012anythingπαντὸς πράγματοςpantos pragmatosG3956G4229that they may askαἰτήσωνται,aitēsōntaiG154,it shall be doneγενήσεταιgenēsetaiG1096for themby My FatherπατρόςpatrosG3962who is in heavenοὐρανοῖς.ouranoisG3772.
20For whereοὗhouG3757twoδύοduoG1417orἢēG2228threeτρεῖςtreisG5140have gatheredG4863togetherG4863in My nameὄνομα,onomaG3686,I amG1510thereἐκεῖekeiG1563in their midstμέσῳmesōG3319.”
21ThenΤότεToteG5119PeterΠέτροςPetrosG4074cameπροσελθὼνproselthōnG4334and saidG3004to Him, “Lordκύριε,kurieG2962,howποσάκιςposakisG4212oftenG4212shall my brotherἀδελφόςadelphosG80sinἁμαρτήσειhamartēseiG264againstεἰςeisG1519me and I forgiveἀφήσωaphēsōG863him? Up tosevenἑπτάκις;¶heptakisG2034timesG2034?”
22JesusἸησοῦς·IēsousG2424saidΛέγειLegeiG3004to him,“I do not sayλέγωlegōG3004to you, up to sevenG2034timesG2034, but up toseventyG1441timesG1441sevenἑπτά.¶heptaG2033.
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