Matthew 18:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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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.
  • Col 3:13 : 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:
  • 2 Thess 3:15 : 15 Have no feeling of hate for him, but take him in hand seriously as a brother.
  • Luke 17:3-4 : 3 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. 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.
  • Lev 6:2-7 : 2 Give orders to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law for the burned offering: the offering is to be on the fire-wood on the altar all night till the morning; and the fire of the altar is to be kept burning. 3 And the priest is to put on his linen robes and his linen trousers, and take up what is over of the offering after it has been burned on the altar, and put it by the side of the altar. 4 Then having taken off his linen robes and put on other clothing, he is to take it away into a clean place, outside the tent-circle. 5 The fire on the altar is to be kept burning; it is never to go out; every morning the priest is to put wood on it, placing the burned offering in order on it, and there the fat of the peace-offering is to be burned. 6 Let the fire be kept burning on the altar at all times; it is never to go out. 7 And this is the law for the meal offering: it is to be offered to the Lord before the altar by the sons of Aaron.
  • 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.
  • Jas 5:19-20 : 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, 20 Be certain that he through whom a sinner has been turned from the error of his way, keeps a soul from death and is the cause of forgiveness for sins without number.
  • 1 Pet 3:1 : 1 Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,
  • Gal 6:1 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 9:19-21 : 19 For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation. 20 And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I was the same, not as being myself under the law, but so that I might give the good news to those under the law. 21 To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.
  • 2 Cor 7:12 : 12 So though I sent you a letter, it was not only because of the man who did the wrong, or because of him to whom the wrong was done, but so that your true care for us might be made clear in the eyes of God.
  • 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.
  • Prov 25:9-9 : 9 Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another: 10 Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.
  • Matt 18:35 : 35 So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.
  • 1 Cor 8:12 : 12 And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.
  • Rom 12:21 : 21 Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.
  • 1 Cor 6:6-8 : 6 But a brother who has a cause at law against another takes it before Gentile judges. 7 More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss? 8 So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.

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  • Matt 18:16-17
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    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.

  • Luke 17:2-4
    3 verses
    83%

    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.

    3 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.

    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 5:23-25
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    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 18:35
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    35 So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.

  • 2 Thess 3:15
    75%

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

  • Gal 6:1
    74%

    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.

  • Jas 5:19
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    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,

  • Deut 22:1-2
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    72%

    1 If you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering, do not go by without helping, but take them back to your brother.

    2 If their owner is not near, or if you are not certain who he is, then take the beast to your house and keep it till its owner comes in search of it, and then you are to give it back to him.

  • Matt 6:14-15
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    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.

  • Lev 19:17
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    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 7:3-5
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    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?

    5 You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.

  • Mark 11:25-26
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    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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  • Deut 19:18-19
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    18 And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,

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

  • Deut 25:3
    70%

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

  • Luke 12:58
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    58 For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.

  • Matt 18:21
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    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?

  • Luke 15:18
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    18 I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:

  • 1 Cor 8:12
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    12 And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.

  • Prov 25:9
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    9 Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

  • 1 Cor 6:6-8
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    6 But a brother who has a cause at law against another takes it before Gentile judges.

    7 More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?

    8 So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.

  • Luke 6:41-42
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

  • Prov 18:19
    69%

    19 A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.

  • Lev 6:2
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    2 Give orders to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law for the burned offering: the offering is to be on the fire-wood on the altar all night till the morning; and the fire of the altar is to be kept burning.

  • Luke 15:11
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    11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:

  • Luke 15:3
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    3 And he made a story for them, saying,

  • Jas 4:11
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    11 Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.

  • Prov 17:9
    69%

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

  • Prov 6:3
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    3 Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

  • Matt 5:40
    68%

    40 And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him.

  • 1 John 5:16
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    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.

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
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    31 If a man does wrong to his neighbour, and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

  • Matt 18:13-14
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    13 And if he comes across it, truly I say to you, he has more joy over it than over the ninety-nine which have not gone out of the way.

    14 Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.

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    1 And if anyone does wrong by saying nothing when he is put under oath as a witness of something he has seen or had knowledge of, then he will be responsible:

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    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 19:15
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    15 One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.