^{15 Ref} `And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

^{16 Ref} and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand.

^{17 Ref} `And if he may not hear them, say `it' to the assembly, and if also the assembly he may not hear, let him be to thee as the heathen man and the tax-gatherer.

^{18 Ref} `Verily I say to you, Whatever things ye may bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever things ye may loose on the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.

^{15 Ref} 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.

^{16 Ref} 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 Ref} 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.

^{18 Ref} Truly I say to you, Whatever things are fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.

^{15 Ref} "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.

^{16 Ref} 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 Ref} 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.

^{18 Ref} Most assuredly I tell you, whatever things you will bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever things you will release on earth will be released in heaven.