Matthew 18:16

American Standard Version (1901)

But if he hear [thee] not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 19:15 : 15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.
  • John 8:17 : 17 Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true.
  • 2 Cor 13:1 : 1 This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established.
  • 1 Tim 5:19 : 19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, except at [the mouth of] two or three witnesses.
  • Heb 10:28 : 28 A man that hath set at nought Moses law dieth without compassion on [the word of] two or three witnesses:
  • Num 35:30 : 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.
  • Deut 17:6 : 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
  • 1 John 5:7-8 : 7 And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth. 8 For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.
  • Rev 11:3 : 3 And I will give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

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    19Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven.

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    15One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

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    18and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;

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