Matthew 18:12-20

12“What do you think? 1If 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 2of your Father who is in heaven for one of these little ones to perish.

15“Now 3if your brother sins4, go and 5show him his fault 6in 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 7on the 8testimony of two or three witnesses every 9matter may be confirmed. 17And if he refuses to listen to them, 10tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, 11he is to be to you as 12a Gentile and 13a tax collector. 18Truly I say to you, 14whatever you 15bind on earth 16shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you 17loose on earth 18shall 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, 19it shall be done for them 20by My Father who is in heaven. 20For where two or three have gathered together in My name, 21I am there in their midst.”