Matthew 18:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ “But if he does not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might be established.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ But 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But if he does not listen, take along with you one or two others, so that every word may be confirmed and upheld by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ But 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ But if they won’t listen, take with you one or two others so that every word may be established by the mouth of two or three witnesses.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ But if he will not listen you, invite with you one or two more, so that every word may stand by the mouth of two or three witnesses.

Matthew 18:16 Cross References

1 Kings 21:13

And the men, sons of Beliyaʽ

Numbers 35:30

‘Whoever kills someone has to be put to death as a murderer by the mouth of witnesses, but only one witness does not bear witness against someone to die.

John 8:17

“And in your Torah also, it has been written that the witness of two men is true.

2 Corinthians 13:1

This is the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.”

Deuteronomy 17:6

“At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he that is to die be put to death. He is not put to death by the mouth of one witness.

Deuteronomy 19:15

“One witness does not rise up against a man concerning any crookedness or any sin that he commits. At the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses a matter is established.

1 Timothy 5:19

Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses.

Hebrews 10:28

Anyone who has disregarded the Torah of Mosheh dies without compassion on the witness of two or three witnesses.

Revelation 11:3

“And I shall give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clad in sackcloth.”