Matthew 18:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’”
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“But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 18:16 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 35:30If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.
- Deuteronomy 17:6On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.
- Deuteronomy 19:15A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
- 1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
- John 8:17Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
- 2 Corinthians 13:1This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”
- 1 Timothy 5:19Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
- Hebrews 10:28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
- 1 John 5:7For there are three that testify:
- Revelation 11:3And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
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