018:013 And if he succeeds in finding it, in solemn truth I tell you
that he rejoices over it more than he does over the ninety-nine
that have not gone astray.
018:014 Just so it is not the will of your Father in Heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.
018:015 "If your brother acts wrongly towards you, go and point
out his fault to him when only you and he are there.
If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
018:016 But if he will not listen to you, go again, and ask one or
two to go with you, that every word spoken may be attested
by two or three witnesses.
018:017 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.
018:018 I solemnly tell you that whatever you as a Church bind on earth
will in Heaven be held as bound, and whatever you loose
on earth will in Heaven be held to be loosed.
018:019 I also solemnly tell you that if two of you here on earth agree
together concerning anything whatever that they shall ask,
the boon will come to them from my Father who is in Heaven.
018:020 For where there are two or three assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them."
018:021 At this point Peter came to Him with the question, "Master, how often shall my brother act wrongly towards me and I forgive him? seven times?"
018:022 "I do not say seven times," answered Jesus, "but seventy times seven times.