18:11 - God has sent his son into the world for the lost.
18:12 - What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, won’t he leave the 99 and go into the mountains looking for his lost sheep?
18:13 - I tell you truly that if he happens to find that sheep, he will be happier about it than he is about the ninety-nine that haven’t strayed.
18:14 - Still, your Father in heaven does not want these little ones to die.
18:15 - And if your friend commits a sin or fault against you, discuss the matter with him only and not other people. If he listens to you whole-heartedly, you have succeeded.
18:16 - So if this man will not listen to you, then bring a few other people with you. That way, with other people being present, more individuals will be able to verify what you have stated.
18:17 - Tell the church if he can’t hear them, but if he can, let him be a heathen.
18:18 - Truthfully I am telling you, whatever you hold dearest in this world will be kept in heaven, and in the same way, whatever you discard in this world will also be discarded in heaven.
18:19 - Again, I say to you, If 2 of you agree on earth by touching anything that they ask, it will be done for them by my Father who lives in heaven.
18:20 - When two or three people pray together, I am also with them.
