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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 18, Verse 15

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‹Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.›
King James Version
‹Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.›
American Standard Version
And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
New English Translation
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector.
World English Bible
"If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.
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‹But if he will not hear› [thee, then] ‹take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.›
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‹And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell› [it] ‹unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.›
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‹Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.›
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‹Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.›
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‹For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.›
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Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
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Jesus saith unto him, ‹I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.›
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‹Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.›
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‹And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.›
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‹But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.›