Matthew 18:16-18

18:16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established. ¹  18:17 If ²  he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If ³  he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like ⁴  a Gentile ⁵  or a tax collector. ⁶ 

18:18 “I tell you the truth, ⁷  whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.

[18:16]  ¹ sn A quotation from Deut 19:15.

[18:17]  ² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[18:17]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[18:17]  ⁴ tn Grk “let him be to you as.”

[18:17]  ⁵ tn Or “a pagan.”

[18:17]  ⁶ sn To treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector means not to associate with such a person. See the note on tax collectors in 5:46.

[18:18]  ³ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”