[a]Be on your guard! (A)If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you (B)seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

(C)The apostles said to (D)the Lord, “Increase our faith!” But (E)the Lord said, “If you [b]had faith [c]the size of (F)a mustard seed, you could say to this (G)mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea’; and it would [d]obey you.

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  1. Luke 17:3 Lit Take heed for yourselves
  2. Luke 17:6 Lit have
  3. Luke 17:6 Lit like
  4. Luke 17:6 Lit have obeyed

So watch yourselves.

“If your brother or sister[a] sins against you, rebuke them;(A) and if they repent, forgive them.(B) Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.”(C)

The apostles(D) said to the Lord,(E) “Increase our faith!”

He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed,(F) you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.(G)

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  1. Luke 17:3 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman.