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16 But if he won’t listen, take one or two others with you, so that by the testimony[a] of two or three witnesses every fact may be established.[b](A) 17 If he doesn’t pay attention to them, tell the church.[c](B) If he doesn’t pay attention even to the church, let him be like a Gentile and a tax collector to you.(C) 18 Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will have been bound[d] in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed[e] in heaven.(D)

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  1. 18:16 Lit mouth
  2. 18:16 Dt 19:15
  3. 18:17 Or congregation
  4. 18:18 Or earth will be bound
  5. 18:18 Or earth will be loosed