14 So is it not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

15 (A)[a]Moreover, if thy brother trespass against [b]thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast won thy brother.

16 But if he hear thee not, take yet with thee one or two, that by the (B)[c]mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be [d]confirmed.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:15 We must labor for concord, not to revenge injuries.
  2. Matthew 18:15 If his offence be such, that thou only knowest thy brother’s offence.
  3. Matthew 18:16 That is, by the word and witness the mouth is sometime taken for the word or speech, Num. 3:16, and also for a still witness, to wit, when the matter speaketh of itself, as in Matt. 21:16.
  4. Matthew 18:16 Sure and certain.

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