Matthew 18:15–22

Discipline and Prayer

¹⁵“^aIf your brother sins¹, go and ²show him his fault ³in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother.

¹⁶“But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that ^aby the mouth of two or three witnesses every ¹fact may be confirmed.

¹⁷“If he refuses to listen to them, ^atell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, ^blet him be to you as ¹a Gentile and a tax collector.

¹⁸“Truly I say to you, ^awhatever you ¹bind on earth ²shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you ³loose on earth shall 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, ^ait shall be done for them ¹by My Father who is in heaven.

²⁰“For where two or three have gathered together in My name, ^aI am there in their midst.”

Forgiveness

²¹Then Peter came and said to Him, “Lord, ^ahow often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to ^bseven times?”

²²Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to ^aseventy times seven.