Luke 17:3 “Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents,…”

Luke 17:3

Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, 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.

American Standard Version

Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

Geneva Bible 1599

Take heede to your selues: if thy brother trespasse against thee, rebuke him: and if hee repent, forgiue him.

Darby Translation

Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother should sin, rebuke him; and if he should repent, forgive 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,

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.

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Cross references

“heed”

Deuteronomy 4:9 Exodus 34:12 Deuteronomy 4:23 Ephesians 5:15 Luke 21:34 Hebrews 12:15

Deuteronomy 4:9 · BSB

Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchil…

Exodus 34:12 · BSB

Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.

Deuteronomy 4:23 · BSB

Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.

Ephesians 5:15 · BSB

Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

Luke 21:34 · BSB

But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

Hebrews 12:15 · BSB

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

“If”

Matthew 18:21 Matthew 18:15–17

Matthew 18:21 · BSB

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”

Matthew 18:15–17 · BSB

If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

“rebuke”

Leviticus 19:17 Proverbs 9:8 Proverbs 27:5 James 5:19 Psalm 141:5 Proverbs 17:10

Leviticus 19:17 · BSB

You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.

Proverbs 9:8 · BSB

Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Proverbs 27:5 · BSB

Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.

James 5:19 · BSB

My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,

Psalm 141:5 · BSB

Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.

Proverbs 17:10 · BSB

A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

4Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

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