Matthew 18:12-22

Ninety-nine Plus One

12 "What do you think? ¹If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine * on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying?

13 "If it turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine * which have not gone astray.

14 "So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

Discipline and Prayer

15 "²If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother.

16 "But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that ³BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY FACT MAY BE CONFIRMED.

17 "If he refuses to listen to them, ⁴tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, ⁵let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

18 "Truly I say to you, ⁶whatever * you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever * you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.

19 "Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything * that they may ask, ⁷it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.

20 "For where two or three have gathered together in My name, ⁸I am there in their midst."

Forgiveness

21 Then Peter came and said to Him, "Lord, ⁹how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to ¹⁰seven times?"

22 Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to ¹¹seventy times seven.

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Cross References 11

1. Matthew 18:12-14: {Luke 15:4-7}
2. Leviticus 19:17; Luke 17:3; Galatians 6:1; 2 Thessalonians 3:15; James 5:19
3. Deuteronomy 19:15; John 8:17; 2 Corinthians 13:1; 1 Timothy 5:19; Hebrews 10:28
4. 1 Corinthians 6:1f
5. 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 14
6. Matthew 16:19; John 20:23
7. Matthew 7:7
8. Matthew 28:20
9. Matthew 18:15
10. Luke 17:4
11. Genesis 4:24

Footnotes 12

[a]. Lit "before"
[b]. Late mss add "against you"
[c]. Or "reprove"
[d]. Lit "between you and him alone"
[e]. Lit "word"
[f]. Lit "the"
[g]. Lit "the"
[h]. Or "forbid"
[i]. Gr fut. pft. pass.
[j]. Or "permit"
[k]. Gr fut. pft. pass.
[l]. Lit "from"