Matthew 18:17 - The Scriptures 1998 “And if he refuses to hear them, say it to the assembly. And if he refuses even to hear the assembly, let him be to you like a gentile and a tax collector. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If he pays no attention to them [refusing to listen and obey], tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a pagan and a tax collector. [Lev. 19:17; Deut. 19:15.] American Standard Version (1901) And if he refuse to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he refuse to hear the church also, let him be unto thee as the Gentile and the publican. Common English Bible But if they still won’t pay attention, report it to the church. If they won’t pay attention even to the church, treat them as you would a Gentile and tax collector. Catholic Public Domain Version And if he will not listen to them, tell the Church. But if he will not listen to the Church, let him be to you like the pagan and the tax collector. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican. |
“And you shall know that I am יהוה, for you have not walked in My laws nor executed My right-rulings, but have done according to the rulings of the gentiles which are all around you.” ’ ”
“For if you love those loving you, what reward have you? Are the tax collectors not doing the same too?
“And when praying, do not keep on babbling like the gentiles. For they think that they shall be heard for their many words.
Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming to Him to hear Him.
“The Pharisee stood and began to pray with himself this way, ‘Elohim, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men, swindlers, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
Should any of you, holding a matter against another, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the set-apart ones?
But we command you, brothers, in the Name of our Master יהושע Messiah, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which you received from us.
worthless disputes of men of corrupt minds and deprived of the truth, who think that reverence is a means of gain – withdraw from such.