^{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.

^{19 Ref} `Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask -- it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens,

^{20 Ref} for where there are two or three gathered together -- to my name, there am I in the midst of them.'

^{21 Ref} Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him -- till seven times?'

^{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.

^{19 Ref} Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.

^{20 Ref} For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them."

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