You Have Gained Your Brother
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Key Verse 15: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.”
Who is ‘your brother/sister’ in this passage?
What should you do if they sin against you according to verse 15. Why?
What should you do if they do not listen to you according to verse 16? Why?
V17. What should you do if they do not listen to you and one or two others? Why?
What do you think it means to be ‘as a Gentile’ or ‘a tax collector’?
What is happening to the brother who sinned in verses 18-20?
What are the two or three who are gathered together doing in these verses?
How might these verses relate to the previous content covered in Matthew 18?