Matthew 18:15–22

RESTORING A BROTHER

¹⁵“If your brother sins against you,^B go tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.^{h 16}But if he won’t listen, take one or two others with you, so that by the testimony^C of two or three witnesses every fact may be established.^{Di 17}If he doesn’t pay attention to them, tell the church.^Ej If he doesn’t pay attention even to the church, let him be like a Gentile and a tax collector to you.^{k 18}Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will have been bound^F in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed^G in heaven.^{l 19}Again, truly I tell you, if two of you on earth agree about any matter that you^H pray for, it will be done for you^I by my Father in heaven. ²⁰For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.”

THE PARABLE OF THE UNFORGIVING SERVANT

²¹Then Peter approached him and asked, “Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? As many as seven times?”^m

²²“I tell you, not as many as seven,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven.^J