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16 “But if he does not hear you, take one or two with you. So that, by the mouths of two or three witnesses, every word may be confirmed.

17 “And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to hear the church also, let him be as a heathen and a tax collector to you.

18 “Truly I say to you that whatever you bind on Earth shall be bound in Heaven. And whatever you release on Earth, shall be released in Heaven.

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16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’[a](A) 17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church;(B) and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.(C)

18 “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be[b] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[c] loosed in heaven.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:16 Deut. 19:15
  2. Matthew 18:18 Or will have been
  3. Matthew 18:18 Or will have been