Matthew 18
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Matthew 18:15-22

15“NowG1161 1ifG1437 your brotherG80 sinsG2642, goG5217 and 3showG1651 him his faultG1651 4in privateG3441; ifG1437 he listensG191 to you, you have gainedG2770 your brotherG80. 16But ifG1437 he does not listenG191 to you, takeG3880 oneG1520 orG2228 twoG1417 moreG2089 with you, soG2443 thatG2443 5on the 6testimonyG4750 of twoG1417 orG2228 threeG5140 witnessesG3144 everyG3956 7matterG4487 may be confirmedG2476. 17And ifG1437 he refusesG3878 toG3878 listenG3878 to them, 8tellG3004 it to the churchG1577; and ifG1437 he refusesG3878 toG3878 listenG3878 evenG2532 to the churchG1577, 9he is to be to you as 10a GentileG1482 and 11a taxG5057 collectorG5057. 18TrulyG281 I sayG3004 to you, 12whateverG3745G1437 you 13bindG1210 on earthG1093 14shall have been boundG1210 in heavenG3772; and whateverG3745G1437 you 15looseG3089 on earthG1093 16shall have been loosedG3089 in heavenG3772.

19“AgainG3825 I sayG3004 to you, that ifG1437 twoG1417 of you agreeG4856 on earthG1093 aboutG4012 anythingG3956G4229 that they may askG154, 17it shall be doneG1096 for them 18by My FatherG3962 who is in heavenG3772. 20For whereG3757 twoG1417 orG2228 threeG5140 have gatheredG4863 togetherG4863 in My nameG3686, 19I amG1510 thereG1563 in their midstG3319.”

21ThenG5119 PeterG4074 cameG4334 upG4334 and saidG3004 to Him, “LordG2962, 20howG4212 manyG4212 timesG4212 shall my brotherG80 sinG264 againstG1519 me and I still forgiveG863 him? Up to 21sevenG2034 timesG2034?” 22JesusG2424 saidG3004 to him, “I do not sayG3004 to you, up to sevenG2034 timesG2034, but up to 2223seventy-sevenG1441G2033 timesG1441.

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Notes

  1. 1. Matthew 18:15 Lev 19:17; Luke 17:3; Gal 6:1; 2 Thess 3:15; James 5:19 ↩
  2. 2. Matthew 18:15 Late mss add against you ↩
  3. 3. Matthew 18:15 Or correct ↩
  4. 4. Matthew 18:15 Lit between you and him alone ↩
  5. 5. Matthew 18:16 Deut 19:15; John 8:17; 2 Cor 13:1; 1 Tim 5:19; Heb 10:28 ↩
  6. 6. Matthew 18:16 Lit mouth ↩
  7. 7. Matthew 18:16 Lit word ↩
  8. 8. Matthew 18:17 1 Cor 6:1ff ↩
  9. 9. Matthew 18:17 2 Thess 3:6, 14f ↩
  10. 10. Matthew 18:17 Lit the ↩
  11. 11. Matthew 18:17 Lit the ↩
  12. 12. Matthew 18:18 Matt 16:19; John 20:23 ↩
  13. 13. Matthew 18:18 I.e., forbid ↩
  14. 14. Matthew 18:18 Gr fut. pft. pass. tense ↩
  15. 15. Matthew 18:18 I.e., permit ↩
  16. 16. Matthew 18:18 Gr fut. pft. pass. tense ↩
  17. 17. Matthew 18:19 Matt 7:7 ↩
  18. 18. Matthew 18:19 Lit from ↩
  19. 19. Matthew 18:20 Matt 28:20 ↩
  20. 20. Matthew 18:21 Matt 18:15 ↩
  21. 21. Matthew 18:21 Luke 17:4 ↩
  22. 22. Matthew 18:22 Or possibly seventy times seven ↩
  23. 23. Matthew 18:22 Gen 4:24 ↩

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