Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And if he refuse hearing them, speak to the church: and if he refuse hearing the church, let him be to thee as of the nations and a publican.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
If, however, he ignores them, tell it to the congregation. If he also ignores the congregation, regard him as an unbeliever and a tax collector.
A Conservative Version
And if he is heedless of them, speak to the church. But if he is also heedless of the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and the tax collector.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
And if he refuses to listen to them [i.e., the witnesses], explain the [whole] matter to the church [i.e., probably a specially called meeting of mature Christians to resolve the matter]. And if he refuses to listen to the church also, [i.e., to acknowledge his sin and repent of it], consider him like an [unconverted] Gentile or tax collector [i.e., do not have fellowship with him].
Anderson New Testament
But if he refuse to hear them, tell it to the church; and if he also refuse to hear the church, let him be to you as a heathen man and a publican.
Bible in Basic English
And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.
Common New Testament
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
Daniel Mace New Testament
if he does not relent, tell it to the church: but if he is not moved by the church, show him no more regard than you would to a pagan or a publican.
Darby Translation
But if he will not listen to them, tell it to the assembly; and if also he will not listen to the assembly, let him be to thee as one of the nations and a tax-gatherer.
Godbey New Testament
But if he may not hear them, tell the church: and if indeed he may not hear the church, let him be to thee as a heathen and publican.
Goodspeed New Testament
If he refuses to listen to them, tell the congregation. And if he refuses to listen to it, treat him as a heathen or a tax-collector.
John Wesley New Testament
And if he will not hear them, tell it to the church; but if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as an heathen and a publican.
King James 2000
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 you as a heathen man and a tax collector.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And if he refuses to listen to them, tell [it] to the church. But if he refuses to listen to the church also, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
Modern King James verseion
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he neglects to hear the church, let him be to you as a heathen and a tax-collector.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If he hear not them, tell it unto the congregation: if he hear not the congregation, take him as a heathen man, and as a publican.
Moffatt New Testament
If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church; and if he refuses to listen to the church, treat him as a pagan or a taxgatherer.
Montgomery New Testament
"but if he will not heed the church, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.
NET Bible
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector.
New Heart English Bible
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to hear the church also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.
Noyes New Testament
And if he disregard them, tell the matter to the church; but if he disregard the church also, let him be to thee as a heathen and a publican.
Sawyer New Testament
and if he will not hear them, tell the assembly; and if he will not hear the assembly, let him be to you as a gentile and a publican.
The Emphasized Bible
But, if he hear them amiss, tell it to the assembly, - And, if, even the assembly, he hear amiss, Let him be unto thee, just as the man of the nations and the tax-collector.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But if he disregard them, inform the church: and if he disregard the church, let him be to thee as a heathen, or a publican.
Twentieth Century New Testament
If he refuses to listen to them, speak to the Church; and, if he also refuses to listen to the Church, treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.
Webster
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the church: but if he shall neglect to hear the church, let him be to thee as a heathen and a publican.
Weymouth New Testament
If he refuses to hear them, appeal to the Church; and if he refuses to hear even the Church, regard him just as you regard a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.
Williams New Testament
And if he refuses to listen to the church, treat him as a heathen and as a tax-collector.
World English Bible
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.
Worrell New Testament
And, if he disregard them, tell it to the assembly; and, if he disregard the assembly also, let him be to you as the gentile and the tax-collector.
Worsley New Testament
And if he disregard them, tell it to the church: but if he disregard the church too, let him be unto thee as an heathen and a publican.
Youngs Literal Translation
And if he may not hear them, say it to the assembly, and if also the assembly he may not hear, let him be to thee as the heathen man and the tax-gatherer.
Themes
Church » Called church in the n. T. (K. J. V.), But congregation earlier in tyndale's translation
Separation » Pharisaic separation condemned » Of saints from false professors, in the church
Topics
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 18:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Confronting A Brother Who Sins Against You
16 But if he hear thee not, take with thee yet one or two, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might stand. 17 And if he refuse hearing them, speak to the church: and if he refuse hearing the church, let him be to thee as of the nations and a publican. 18 Truly I say to you, Whatever things ye should bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever things ye should loose upon earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Cross References
2 Thessalonians 3:6
And we proclaim to you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, for you to shrink from every brother walking disorderly, and not according to the doctrine which he received of us.
Matthew 5:46
For if ye love them loving you, what reward. have you? do not also the tax collectors the same?
Matthew 6:7
And praying, talk ye not vainly as the nations; for they think that by their profaneness of speech they shall be listened to.
1 Corinthians 5:3-5
For I truly, as being at a distance in body, and being present in spirit, have already, as being present, judged him having so worked this.
Ezra 6:21
And the sons of Israel will eat; those turning back from exile and every one being separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the earth to them, to seek for Jehovah the God of Israel;
Ezekiel 11:12
And ye shall know That I am Jehovah: for in my laws ye went not, and my judgments ye did not; and according to the judgments of the nations round about you ye did.
Matthew 11:19
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man a glutton, and wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinful; and wisdom has been justified from her children.
Matthew 21:31-32
Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him, The first. Jesus says to them, Truly I say to you, that publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
Luke 15:1
And all publicans and sinful were drawing near him to hear him.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee having stood, prayed these to himself, O God, I return thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or also as this publican.
Luke 19:2-3
And, behold, a man, called Zaccheus by name, and he was chief of the publicans, and he was rich.
Acts 6:1-3
And in those days, the disciples multiplying, there was a murmuring of the Greeks against the Hebrews, because their widows were overlooked in the daily service.
Acts 15:6-7
And the sent and elders were gathered together to see about this word.
Romans 16:17-18
And I beseech you, brethren, to observe narrowly them having made divisions and scandals against the teaching which ye learned; and bend away from them.
1 Corinthians 5:9-7
I wrote to you in the epistle not to mix together with fornicators.
2 Corinthians 2:6-7
Sufficient to such a one this enjoyment of the esteem of the many.
2 Corinthians 6:14-17
Be not unequally yoked together with the unbelieving: for what participation to justice and iniquity and what communion to light with darkness?
Ephesians 4:17-19
Therefore this I say, and testify in the Lord, that ye no more walk as also the rest of the nations, in the vanity of their mind,
Ephesians 5:11-12
And participate not with the unfruitful works of darkness, and rather also confute.
2 Thessalonians 3:14-15
And if any listen not to our word by the epistle, mark him, and mix not together with him, that he may change.
1 Timothy 6:5
Unprofitable occupations of men corrupted in mind, and deprived of the truth, thinking gain to be devotion: be separated from such.
2 John 1:10-11
If there come any to you, and bring not this teaching, receive ye him not into the household, and to rejoice tell him not:
3 John 1:9-10
I wrote to the church: but Diotrephes, seeking the superiority over them, receives us not.