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14 So it is not the will in-the-sight-of [a] your Father in the heavens that one of these little ones should be-lost.

If Your Brother Sins Against You, Seek To Restore Him

15 “But if your brother sins against you[b], go, expose[c] him between you and him alone. If he listens-to you, you gained[d] your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take-along with you one or two more in order that every word may be established based-on the mouth of two or three witnesses. And if he refuses-to-listen-to them, tell it to the church.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:14 Or, in the presence of. This is a reverential way of saying it is not God’s will.
  2. Matthew 18:15 Now Jesus turns to the opposite case. What should be done when you are suffering an injury, not inflicting one.
  3. Matthew 18:15 Or, convict, rebuke.
  4. Matthew 18:15 That is, gained him for the kingdom.

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