Matthew 18:17

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Summary

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.

Tell

Let

2 John 1:10

An heathen

A publican

Bible References

Tell

In those days, as the number of the disciples was increasing, complaints were made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.

The apostles and elders had a meeting to look into this matter.

and meeting with you, in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, by the authority of our Lord Jesus

When one of you has a disagreement with his neighbor, does he dare to bring the matter before a heathen court, instead of laying it before his Christian brothers?

For that individual, this censure by the majority of you is punishment enough,

I have written briefly to the church, but Diotrephes who likes to be their leader will not accept what I say.

Let

I beg you, brothers, to be on the watch for those who introduce divisions and difficulties, in opposition to the instruction that you were given, and to avoid them.

For my part, though I have been absent from you in person, I have been present with you in spirit, and as thus present I have already passed judgment upon the man who has done this,

We charge you, brothers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives in idleness, instead of following the teaching you received from us.

and mutual irritation between people of depraved minds, who are lost to the truth and think of religion only as a means of gain.

If anyone comes to you without bringing this teaching, do not let him come into the house or bid him good morning.

An heathen

And when you pray, do not repeat empty phrases as the heathen do, for they imagine that their prayers will be heard if they use words enough.

Do not get into close and incongruous relations with unbelievers. What partnership can uprightness have with iniquity, or what can light have to do with darkness?

So what I mean and insist upon in the Lord's name is this: You must no longer live like the heathen, with their frivolity of mind and darkened understanding.

Have nothing to do with the profitless doings of the darkness; expose them instead.

A publican

For if you love only those who love you, what reward can you expect? Do not the very tax-collectors do that?

Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and people say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!' And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions!"

Which of the two did what his father wanted?" They said, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I tell you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.

All the tax-collectors and irreligious people were crowding up to hear him.

The Pharisee stood up and uttered this prayer to himself: 'O God, I thank you that I am not like other men, greedy, dishonest, or adulterous, like that tax-collector.

Now there was a man named Zaccheus, the principal tax-collector, a rich man,