Matthew 18:15-20

Expanded Bible

When a Person Sins Against You^(A)

¹⁵ “If your ·fellow believer [^Lbrother (or sister)] sins against you,^[a] go and ·tell him what he did wrong [^Lreprove/convict/correct him] ·in private [^Lbetween you and him alone]. If he listens to you, you have ·helped that person to be your brother or sister again [^Lgained/won back your brother (or sister)]. ¹⁶ But if he refuses to listen, go to him again and take one or two other people with you. ‘Every ·case [matter; charge] may be proved by [the testimony of; ^Lthe mouth of] two or three witnesses’ [Deut. 19:15]. ¹⁷ If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, then treat him like a ·person who does not believe in God [pagan; Gentile] or like a tax collector.

¹⁸ “I tell you the truth, ·the things [whatever] you ·don’t allow [forbid; ^Lbind] on earth will be ·the things God does not allow [forbidden/bound in heaven]. And ·the things [whatever] you ·allow [permit; ^Lloose] on earth will be ·the things that God allows [permitted/^Lloosed in heaven].”

¹⁹ “·Also [Again], I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about something ·and pray for it [^Lfor which you have asked], it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. ²⁰ ·This is true because if [^LFor where] two or three people ·come [are assembled/gathered] together in my name, I am there ·with them [among them; in their midst].”