Matthew 18:15-35
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"Moreover o if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, p you have gained your brother.
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"But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that q 'by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.'
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"And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a r heathen and a tax collector.
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"Assuredly, I say to you, s whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
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t "Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, u it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.
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"For where two or three are gathered v together in My name, I am there in the midst of them."
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Then Peter came to Him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? w Up to seven times?"
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Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, x up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
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"Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
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"And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
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"But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded y that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made.
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"The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, 'Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.'
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"Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
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"But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
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"So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.'
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"And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.
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"So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came and told their master all that had been done.
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"Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you z all that debt because you begged me.
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'Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?'
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"And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.
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a "So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses."
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Cross References
Leviticus 19:17
You shall not hate your brother in your heart. ...
Luke 17:3
Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins a...
Luke 17:4
"And if he sins against you seven times in a da...
Galatians 6:1
Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass...
2 Thessalonians 3:15
Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish ...
James 5:19
Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the ...
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Cross References
James 5:20
Let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 3:1
Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:6
Whoever is deserving of death shall be put to d...
Deuteronomy 19:15
One witness shall not rise against a man concer...
John 8:17
It is also written in your law that the testimo...
2 Corinthians 13:1
This will be the third time I am coming to you....
1 Timothy 5:19
Do not receive an accusation against an elder e...
Hebrews 10:28
Anyone who has rejected Moses' law dies without...
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Cross References
Romans 16:17
Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them.
1 Corinthians 5:9
I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people.
2 Thessalonians 3:6
But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us.
2 Thessalonians 3:14
And if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle, note that person and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed.
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Cross References
Matthew 16:19
"And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."
John 20:22
And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
John 20:23
"If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
1 Corinthians 5:4
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:10
Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
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Cross References
1 John 3:22
And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
1 John 5:14
Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
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Cross References
Acts 20:7
Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight.
1 Corinthians 14:26
How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.
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Cross References
Luke 17:4
"And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."
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Cross References
Matthew 6:14
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Mark 11:25
And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
Colossians 3:13
Bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
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Cross References
Exodus 21:2
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing.
Leviticus 25:39
And if one of your brethren who dwells by you becomes poor, and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a slave.
2 Kings 4:1
A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves.
Nehemiah 5:5
"Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and indeed we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been brought into slavery. It is not in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards."
Nehemiah 5:8
And I said to them, "According to our ability we have redeemed our Jewish brethren who were sold to the nations. Now indeed, will you even sell your brethren? Or should they be sold to us?" Then they were silenced and found nothing to say.
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Cross References
Luke 7:41 - 43
There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
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Cross References
Proverbs 21:13
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor Will also cry himself and not be heard.
Matthew 6:12
And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.
Mark 11:26
"But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses."
James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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