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But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’[a]
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If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
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“Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be[b]bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[c]loosed in heaven.