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Lexham English Bible

Luke 17:3

"Be concerned about yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Charitableness;   Forgiveness;   Jesus, the Christ;   Reproof;   Trespass;   Thompson Chain Reference - Commendation-Reproof;   Reproof;   The Topic Concordance - Forgiveness;   Rebuke;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ethics;   Forgiveness;   Sin;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel of;   Parables;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Matthew, Gospel According to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Brethren;   Communion (2);   Discourse;   Fierceness;   Forgiveness (2);   Justice (2);   Manliness;   Neighbour (2);   Quotations (2);   Rebuke;   Righteous, Righteousness;   Sympathy;   Vengeance (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Forgiveness;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Forgiveness;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for April 29;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Be
King James Version (1611)
Take heed to your selues: If thy brother trespasse against thee, rebuke him, and if he repent, forgiue him.
King James Version
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
English Standard Version
Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him,
New American Standard Bible
"Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
New Century Version
So be careful! "If another follower sins, warn him, and if he is sorry and stops sinning, forgive him.
Amplified Bible
"Pay attention and always be on guard [looking out for one another]! If your brother sins and disregards God's precepts, solemnly warn him; and if he repents and changes, forgive him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
Legacy Standard Bible
Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
Berean Standard Bible
Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
Contemporary English Version
So be careful what you do. Correct any followers of mine who sin, and forgive the ones who say they are sorry.
Complete Jewish Bible
Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
Darby Translation
Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother should sin, rebuke him; and if he should repent, forgive him.
Easy-to-Read Version
So be careful! "If your brother or sister in God's family does something wrong, warn them. If they are sorry for what they did, forgive them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Take heede to your selues: if thy brother trespasse against thee, rebuke him: and if hee repent, forgiue him.
George Lamsa Translation
Beware among yourselves. If your brother should sin, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
Good News Translation
So watch what you do! "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
Literal Translation
Take heed to yourselves. And if your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
American Standard Version
Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Bible in Basic English
Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.
Hebrew Names Version
Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.
International Standard Version
"Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.Leviticus 19:17; Proverbs 17:10; Matthew 18:15,21; James 5:19;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Take heed to yourselves; if thy brother transgress, reprove him, and if he repent, forgive him.
Murdock Translation
Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother transgress, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Take heede to your selues: If thy brother trespasse agaynst thee, rebuke hym: and yf he repent, forgeue hym.
English Revised Version
Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
World English Bible
Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin against thee, rebuke him, and if he repent, forgive him.
Weymouth's New Testament
Be on your guard. "If your brother acts wrongly, reprove him; and if he is sorry, forgive him;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Take ye hede you silf; if thi brothir hath synned ayens thee, blame hym; and if he do penaunce, foryyue hym.
Update Bible Version
Take heed to yourselves: if your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
Webster's Bible Translation
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother shall trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he shall repent forgive him.
New English Translation
Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.
New King James Version
Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, [fn] rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
New Living Translation
So watch yourselves! "If another believer sins, rebuke that person; then if there is repentance, forgive.
New Life Bible
"Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, speak sharp words to him. If he is sorry and turns from his sin, forgive him.
New Revised Standard
Be on your guard! If another disciple sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if there is repentance, you must forgive.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Be taking heed to yourselves, - If thy brother sin, rebuke him, and, if he repent, forgive him;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin against thee, reprove him: and if he do penance, forgive him.
Revised Standard Version
Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Take hede to youre selves. If thy brother trespas agaynst the rebuke him:
Young's Literal Translation
`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Take hede to youre selues. Yf thy brother trespace agaynst the, rebuke him:
Mace New Testament (1729)
take care of your conduct. if your brother offend you, rebuke him, and if he repent, forgive him.
THE MESSAGE
"Be alert. If you see your friend going wrong, correct him. If he responds, forgive him. Even if it's personal against you and repeated seven times through the day, and seven times he says, ‘I'm sorry, I won't do it again,' forgive him."
Simplified Cowboy Version
And I ain't talkin' about other people. I'm talking to you."If a cowboy on God's crew starts sinning, talk to him about it and warn him. If he listens and gets back on the right trail, then forgive him.

Contextual Overview

1 And he said to his disciples, "It is impossible for causes for stumbling not to come, but woe to him through whom they come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone is placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea than that he causes one of these little ones to sin. 3 "Be concerned about yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times he returns to you saying, ‘I repent,' you must forgive him." 5 And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" 6 So the Lord said, "If you have faith like a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. 7 "And which of you who has a slave plowing or shepherding sheep who comes in from the field will say to him, ‘Come here at once and recline at the table'? 8 Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something that I may eat, and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink, and after these things you will eat and drink.' 9 He will not be grateful to the slave because he did what was ordered, will he? 10 Thus you also, when you have done all the things you were ordered to do, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done what we were obligated to do.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

heed: Luke 21:34, Exodus 34:12, Deuteronomy 4:9, Deuteronomy 4:15, Deuteronomy 4:23, 2 Chronicles 19:6, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Ephesians 5:15, Hebrews 12:15, 2 John 1:8

If: Matthew 18:15-17, Matthew 18:21

rebuke: Leviticus 19:17, Psalms 141:5, Proverbs 9:8, Proverbs 17:10, Proverbs 27:5, Galatians 2:11-14, James 5:19

Reciprocal: Genesis 50:17 - Forgive Exodus 22:9 - for all manner of trespass Judges 11:8 - the elders Matthew 6:12 - as Luke 6:37 - forgive Colossians 3:13 - forgiving

Cross-References

Genesis 17:17
And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed. And he said in his heart, "Can a child be born to a man a hundred years old, or can Sarah bear a child at ninety?"
Genesis 17:18
And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"
Genesis 17:23
And Abraham took Ishmael his son and all who were born of his house, and all those acquired by his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on the same day that God spoke with him.
Genesis 17:24
Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.
Exodus 3:6
And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face because he was afraid of looking at God.
Numbers 14:5
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before the assembly of the community of the Israelites.
Numbers 16:22
And they fell on their faces, and they said, "God, God of the spirits of all flesh, will one man sin and you become angry toward the entire community?"
Numbers 16:45
"Get away from the midst of this community, and I will finish them in an instant," but they fell on their faces.
Joshua 5:14
And he said, "Neither. I have come now as the commander of Yahweh's army." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and he bowed down and said to him, "What is my lord commanding his servant?"
Judges 13:20
And when the flame went up toward the heaven from the altar, the angel of Yahweh went up in the flame of the altar to heaven while Manoah and his wife were watching. And they fell on their faces to the ground.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Take heed to yourselves..... Or to one another, that ye neither give, nor take offence. Take heed to your spirits, to your doctrines, walk, and conversation, that you give no offence to any, that you are not stumbled by what you shall see in, and meet with from others:

if thy brother trespass against thee; :-

rebuke him; privately, and proceed according to the rules there directed to; lay his sin before him; endeavour not only to convince him of the fact, but of the evil of it; how contrary to the will of God; how unbecoming the Gospel of Christ, and the profession he makes; how hurtful to himself, as well as injurious to his brother; and how such evils give the enemy occasion to reproach the saints, to speak evil of the ways of God, and blaspheme the name and doctrines of Christ, and harden sinners in their sins, as well as stumble weak Christians, and sadden the hearts of the righteous.

And if he repent; if he is made sensible of his evil, and is truly sorry for it, and ingenuously acknowledges it:

forgive him; the injury committed against a man's self; and pray to God for him, for an application of his pardoning grace and mercy to him; and comfort him with the hope of forgiveness with God, by the gracious promises and declarations of pardon made to such persons; drop all resentment and anger, and behave towards him with all sweetness of temper, and affability, and respect: and this is to be done immediately, as soon as a man repents: and so say the Jews p;

"says R. Chanina bar Papa, whoever commits a thing, and repents of it, they forgive him directly; as it is said, Malachi 3:5 "and fear not me": lo, they that fear me, forgive immediately:''

such were reckoned good men, men fearing God.

p T. Bab. Chagiga, fol. 5. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 18:15, Matthew 18:21-22. “Trespass against thee.” Sin against thee, or does anything that gives you an offence or does you an injury.

Rebuke - Reprove. Go and tell him his fault, and seek an explanation. Acquaint him with what has been the effect of his conduct, and the state of your feelings, that he may acknowledge his error and repent.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 17:3-4. If thy brother trespass — See the notes on Matthew 18:21; Matthew 18:22.


 
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