Luke 17:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

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  • Lev 19:17 : 17 Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.
  • Matt 18:21 : 21 Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times?
  • Matt 18:15-17 : 15 And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again. 16 But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain. 17 And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.
  • Exod 34:12 : 12 But take care, and do not make any agreement with the people of the land where you are going, for it will be a cause of sin to you.
  • Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;
  • Deut 4:23 : 23 Take care that you do not let the agreement of the Lord your God, which he has made with you, go out of your mind, or make for yourselves images of any sort, against the orders which the Lord your God has given you.
  • 2 Chr 19:6-7 : 6 And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give. 7 So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.
  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer.
  • Prov 9:8 : 8 Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.
  • Prov 27:5 : 5 Better is open protest than love kept secret.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;
  • 2 John 1:8 : 8 Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.
  • Jas 5:19 : 19 My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,
  • Gal 2:11-14 : 11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I made a protest against him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong. 12 For before certain men came from James, he did take food with the Gentiles: but when they came, he went back and made himself separate, fearing those who were of the circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews went after him, so that even Barnabas was overcome by their false ways. 14 But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?
  • Deut 4:15 : 15 So keep watch on yourselves with care; for you saw no form of any sort on the day when the voice of the Lord came to you in Horeb out of the heart of the fire:

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  • Luke 17:4
    90%

    4 And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.

  • Matt 18:15-17
    3 verses
    83%

    15 And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.

    16 But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.

    17 And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.

  • Matt 18:33-35
    3 verses
    81%

    33 Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?

    34 And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.

    35 So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.

  • Matt 18:21-23
    3 verses
    79%

    21 Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times?

    22 Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Till seven times; but, Till seventy times seven.

    23 For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

  • Matt 5:23-25
    3 verses
    79%

    23 If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you,

    24 While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.

    25 Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.

  • Matt 6:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14 For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.

    15 But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.

  • Mark 11:25-26
    2 verses
    78%

    25 And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.

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  • Luke 17:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.

    2 It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

  • 2 Thess 3:15
    75%

    15 Have no feeling of hate for him, but take him in hand seriously as a brother.

  • Col 3:13
    75%

    13 Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:

  • Gal 6:1
    75%

    1 Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

  • Lev 19:17
    74%

    17 Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.

  • 2 Cor 2:7
    74%

    7 So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.

  • Luke 6:37
    74%

    37 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:

  • Acts 8:22
    74%

    22 Let your heart be changed, and make prayer to God that you may have forgiveness for your evil thoughts.

  • Jas 5:19
    73%

    19 My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,

  • Matt 7:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3 And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?

    4 Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the grain of dust from your eye, when you yourself have a bit of wood in your eye?

  • Luke 11:4
    72%

    4 May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.

  • Deut 25:3
    71%

    3 He may be given forty blows, not more; for if more are given, your brother may be shamed before you.

  • Matt 6:12
    71%

    12 And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.

  • Eph 4:32
    71%

    32 And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

  • Luke 6:41-42
    2 verses
    70%

    41 And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?

    42 How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.

  • Mark 3:28-29
    2 verses
    70%

    28 Truly, I say to you, The sons of men will have forgiveness for all their sins and for all the evil words they say:

    29 But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:

  • Prov 17:9
    70%

    9 He who keeps a sin covered is looking for love; but he who keeps on talking of a thing makes division between friends.

  • Matt 18:9
    69%

    9 And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out, and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into the hell of fire.

  • Deut 19:19
    69%

    19 Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.

  • Luke 6:29
    69%

    29 If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe.

  • 1 Cor 8:12
    69%

    12 And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.

  • Mark 4:12
    69%

    12 So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.

  • 1 John 5:16
    69%

    16 If a man sees his brother doing a sin which is not bad enough for death, let him make a prayer to God, and God will give life to him whose sin was not bad enough for death. There is a sin whose punishment is death: I do not say that he may make such a request then.

  • 2 Cor 2:10
    69%

    10 But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;

  • Luke 12:10
    69%

    10 And if anyone says a word against the Son of man, he will have forgiveness: but for him who says evil words against the Holy Spirit, there will be no forgiveness.

  • Num 5:7
    69%

    7 Let them say openly what they have done; and make payment for the wrong done, with the addition of a fifth part, and give it to him to whom the wrong was done.

  • Matt 12:31
    69%

    31 So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness.

  • Mark 9:47
    69%

    47 And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell,

  • Matt 18:7
    69%

    7 A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes.