16But if he do not hear thee, take with thee one or two besides, that every matter may stand upon the word of two witnesses or of three.


In Context

13 And if it should come to pass that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more because of it than because of the ninety and nine not gone astray.

14 So it is not the will of your Father who is in the heavens that one of these little ones should perish.

15 But if thy brother sin against thee, go, reprove him between thee and him alone. If he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

16 But if he do not hear thee, take with thee one or two besides, that every matter may stand upon the word of two witnesses or of three.

17 But if he will not listen to them, tell it to the assembly; and if also he will not listen to the assembly, let him be to thee as one of the nations and a tax-gatherer.

18 Verily I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on the earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on the earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Matthew 18:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:16But if he will not hear [thee, then] take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:16But 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.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:16And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:16But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:16But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16But 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16and 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:16But if he will not hear you, then take with you one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.