Luke 17:3

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

In Context

2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

4If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:17“‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

Deuteronomy 4:15Be very careful, for you saw no kind of form on the day that the LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the middle of the fire,

2 Chronicles 19:6and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you don’t judge for man, but for the LORD; and he is with you in the judgment.

Proverbs 9:8Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.

Proverbs 27:5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Matthew 18:21Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”

Matthew Henry on Luke 17:2-11

The Treatment of Offences. 1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I… Read the whole commentary →

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