Matthew 18:16
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And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand.

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Numbers 35:30 The murderer shall be punished by witnesses: none shall be condemned upon the evidence of one man.

Deuteronomy 17:6 By the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he die that is to be slain. Let no man be put to death, when only one beareth witness against him.

Deuteronomy 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against any man, whatsoever the sin or wickedness be: but in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall stand.

1 Kings 21:13 And bringing two men, sons of the devil, they made them sit against him: and they, like men of the devil, bore witness against him before the people: saying: Naboth hath blasphemed God and the king. Wherefore they brought him forth without the city, and stoned him to death.

John 8:17 And in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

2 Corinthians 13:1 Behold, this is the third time I am coming to you: In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word stand.

1 Timothy 5:19 Against a priest receive not an accusation, but under two or three witnesses.

Hebrews 10:28 A man making void the law of Moses dieth without any mercy under two or three witnesses:

1 John 5:7,8 And there are Three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these three are one. . . .

Revelation 11:3 And I will give unto my two witnesses: and they shall prophesy, a thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

Context
A Brother who Sins
15But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother. 16And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand. 17And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican.…
Cross References
Numbers 35:30
The murderer shall be punished by witnesses: none shall be condemned upon the evidence of one man.

Deuteronomy 17:6
By the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he die that is to be slain. Let no man be put to death, when only one beareth witness against him.

Deuteronomy 19:15
One witness shall not rise up against any man, whatsoever the sin or wickedness be: but in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall stand.

John 8:17
And in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

2 Corinthians 13:1
Behold, this is the third time I am coming to you: In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word stand.

1 Timothy 5:19
Against a priest receive not an accusation, but under two or three witnesses.

Hebrews 10:28
A man making void the law of Moses dieth without any mercy under two or three witnesses:

1 John 5:7
And there are Three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these three are one.

Lexicon
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

if
ἐὰν (ean)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.

he will not listen,
ἀκούσῃ (akousē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

take
παράλαβε (paralabe)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3880: From para and lambano; to receive near, i.e. Associate with oneself; by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn.

one
ἕνα (hena)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

or
(ē)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.

two
δύο (dyo)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1417: Two. A primary numeral; 'two'.

others
ἔτι (eti)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2089: (a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. Perhaps akin to etos; 'yet, ' still.

along,
μετὰ (meta)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

so that
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

‘every
πᾶν (pan)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

matter
ῥῆμα (rhēma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4487: From rheo; an utterance, ; by implication, a matter or topic; with a negative naught whatever.

may be established
σταθῇ (stathē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2476: A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o; to stand, used in various applications.

by
Ἐπὶ (Epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

[the] testimony
στόματος (stomatos)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4750: The mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.

of two
δύο (dyo)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1417: Two. A primary numeral; 'two'.

or
(ē)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.

three
τριῶν (triōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5140: Three. Or neuter tria a primary number; 'three'.

witnesses.’
μαρτύρων (martyrōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3144: A witness (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case); by analogy, a 'martyr'.


Additional Translations
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.’

But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that 'every word may be strengthened upon the testimony of two or three witnesses.'

But if he will not hear you, then take with you one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

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.

But if he do not hear [thee], take with thee one or two besides, that every matter may stand upon the word of two witnesses or of three.

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.

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.

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.

But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

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.
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