Matthew 18:15

World English Bible (2000)

"If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

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  • Lev 19:17 : 17 "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
  • Col 3:13 : 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
  • 2 Thess 3:15 : 15 Don't count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
  • Luke 17:3-4 : 3 Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. 4 If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."
  • Lev 6:2-7 : 2 "If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor, 3 or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein; 4 then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found, 5 or any thing about which he has sworn falsely; he shall restore it even in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it. To him to whom it belongs he shall give it, in the day of his being found guilty. 6 He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest. 7 The priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh, and he will be forgiven concerning whatever he does to become guilty."
  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
  • Jas 5:19-20 : 19 Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, 20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
  • 1 Pet 3:1 : 1 In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don't obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted.
  • 1 Cor 9:19-21 : 19 For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law; 21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.
  • 2 Cor 7:12 : 12 So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.
  • 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
  • Prov 25:9-9 : 9 Debate your case with your neighbor, and don't betray the confidence of another; 10 lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.
  • Matt 18:35 : 35 So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."
  • 1 Cor 8:12 : 12 Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
  • Rom 12:21 : 21 Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
  • 1 Cor 6:6-8 : 6 But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers! 7 Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? 8 No, but you yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that against your brothers.

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    16 But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

    17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

  • Luke 17:2-4
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    2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

    3 Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

    4 If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."

  • Matt 5:23-25
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    23 "If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,

    24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

    25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.

  • Matt 18:35
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    35 So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."

  • 2 Thess 3:15
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    15 Don't count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

  • Gal 6:1
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    1 Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted.

  • Jas 5:19
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    19 Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,

  • Deut 22:1-2
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    1 You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely bring them again to your brother.

    2 If your brother isn't near to you, or if you don't know him, then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall be with you until your brother seek after it, and you shall restore it to him.

  • Matt 6:14-15
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    14 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

    15 But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

  • Lev 19:17
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    17 "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

  • Matt 7:3-5
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    3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?

    4 Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?

    5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.

  • Mark 11:25-26
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    25 Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

    26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions."

  • Deut 19:18-19
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    18 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;

    19 then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.

  • Deut 25:3
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    3 Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile to you.

  • Luke 12:58
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    58 For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

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    21 Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"

  • Luke 15:18
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    18 I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.

  • 1 Cor 8:12
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    12 Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

  • Prov 25:9
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    9 Debate your case with your neighbor, and don't betray the confidence of another;

  • 1 Cor 6:6-8
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    6 But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers!

    7 Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

    8 No, but you yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that against your brothers.

  • Luke 6:41-42
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    41 Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?

    42 Or how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye.

  • Prov 18:19
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    19 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

  • Lev 6:2
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    2 "If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,

  • Luke 15:11
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    11 He said, "A certain man had two sons.

  • Luke 15:3
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    3 He told them this parable.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11 Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

  • Prov 17:9
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    9 He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

  • Prov 6:3
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    3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

  • Matt 5:40
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    40 If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.

  • 1 John 5:16
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    16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don't say that he should make a request concerning this.

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
    68%

    31 "If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swear before your altar in this house;

  • Matt 18:13-14
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    13 If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

    14 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

  • Lev 5:1
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    1 "'If anyone sins, in that he hears the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he doesn't report it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

  • Matt 18:9
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    9 If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.

  • Deut 19:15
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    15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.