Matthew 18:10-20

10“See that you do not look down on one of these little ones; for I say to you that 1their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.2

12“What do you think? 3If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains, and go and search for the one that is lost? 13And if it turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray. 14So it is not the will 4of your Father who is in heaven for one of these little ones to perish.

15“Now 5if your brother sins6, go and 7show him his fault 8in private; if he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that 9on the 10testimony of two or three witnesses every 11matter may be confirmed. 17And if he refuses to listen to them, 12tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, 13he is to be to you as 14a Gentile and 15a tax collector. 18Truly I say to you, 16whatever you 17bind on earth 18shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you 19loose on earth 20shall have been loosed in heaven.

19“Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, 21it shall be done for them 22by My Father who is in heaven. 20For where two or three have gathered together in My name, 23I am there in their midst.”