A Brother Who Sins

(Deuteronomy 19:15–21)

15 If your brother sins against you,[fn] go [and] confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother {over}. 16 But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by [the] testimony of two or three witnesses.’[fn] 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell [it] to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard [him] as you [would] a pagan [or] a tax collector.

18 Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.