Mateus 18

Discipline and Prayer

15 "Now if your brother sins* 18:15 Late mss add against you , go and * 18:15 Or correct show him his fault * 18:15 Lit between you and him alone in private; if he listens to you, you have gained your brother.16 But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that on the*18:16 Lit mouthtestimony of two or three witnesses every*18:16 Lit wordmatter may be confirmed.17 And if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, he is to be to you as *18:17 Lit thea Gentile and *18:17 Lit thea tax collector.18 Truly I say to you, whatever you *18:18 I.e., forbidbind on earth *18:18 Gr fut. pft. pass. tenseshall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you *18:18 I.e., permitloose on earth *18:18 Gr fut. pft. pass. tenseshall 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, it shall be done for them * 18:19 Lit from by My Father who is in heaven.20 For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst."