◄ Matthew 18:16 ►
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Good News Translation
But if he will not listen to you, take one or two other persons with you, so that 'every accusation may be upheld by the testimony of two or more witnesses,' as the scripture says.

New Revised Standard Version
But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

Contemporary English Version
But if that one refuses to listen, take along one or two others. The Scriptures teach that every complaint must be proven true by two or more witnesses.

New American Bible
If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that ‘every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses.’

Douay-Rheims Bible
And 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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And 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.

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Numbers 35:30 The murderer shall be punished by witnesses: none shall be condemned upon the evidence of one man.

Deuteronomy 17:6 By the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he die that is to be slain. Let no man be put to death, when only one beareth witness against him.

Deuteronomy 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against any man, whatsoever the sin or wickedness be: but in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall stand.

1 Kings 21:13 And bringing two men, sons of the devil, they made them sit against him: and they, like men of the devil, bore witness against him before the people: saying: Naboth hath blasphemed God and the king. Wherefore they brought him forth without the city, and stoned him to death.

John 8:17 And in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

2 Corinthians 13:1 Behold, this is the third time I am coming to you: In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word stand.

1 Timothy 5:19 Against a priest receive not an accusation, but under two or three witnesses.

Hebrews 10:28 A man making void the law of Moses dieth without any mercy under two or three witnesses:

1 John 5:7,8 And there are Three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these three are one. . . .

Revelation 11:3 And I will give unto my two witnesses: and they shall prophesy, a thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

Context
A Brother who Sins
15But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother. 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. 17And 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.…
Cross References
Numbers 35:30
The murderer shall be punished by witnesses: none shall be condemned upon the evidence of one man.

Deuteronomy 17:6
By the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he die that is to be slain. Let no man be put to death, when only one beareth witness against him.

Deuteronomy 19:15
One witness shall not rise up against any man, whatsoever the sin or wickedness be: but in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall stand.

John 8:17
And in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

2 Corinthians 13:1
Behold, this is the third time I am coming to you: In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word stand.

1 Timothy 5:19
Against a priest receive not an accusation, but under two or three witnesses.

Hebrews 10:28
A man making void the law of Moses dieth without any mercy under two or three witnesses:

1 John 5:7
And there are Three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these three are one.

Matthew 18:15
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