Luke 17 · Verse 3

Luke 17:3

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Luke 17:3, King James Version

Luke 17:3 in other translations

BSBWatch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
WEBBe careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.
ASVTake heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
YLT‘Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,
DARBYTake heed to yourselves: if thy brother should sin, rebuke him; and if he should repent, forgive him.
BBEGive 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.
WebsterTake heed to yourselves: If thy brother shall trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he shall repent forgive him.

What does Luke 17:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 17:3-4
3-4. (See on Mt 18:15-17; Mt 18:21, 22).

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Barnes' Notes
Verses 3,4. Mt 18:5, Mt 18:21, Mt 18:22. 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.

(b) "rebuke him" Lev 19:17

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 If thy brother trespass - See the notes on Mat 18:21, Mat 18:22.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 17:1-10

It is no abatement of their guilt by whom an offence comes, nor will it lessen their punishment that offences will come. Faith in God's pardoning mercy, will enable us to get over the greatest difficulties in the way of forgiving our brethren. As with God nothing is impossible, so all things are possible to him that can believe. Our Lord showed his disciples their need of deep humility. The Lord has such a property…

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Luke 17:3 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

προσέχετεprosechetedo take heedG4337
ἑαυτοῖς.he'autoisto yourselves.G1438
ἐὰνeanIfG1437
ἁμάρτῃhamartēshall sinG264
σὲseyouG4771
ὁhotheG3588
ἀδελφόςadelphosbrotherG80
σου,souof you,G4771
ἐπιτίμησονepitimēsondo rebukeG2008
αὐτῷ·autōhim;G846
καὶkaiandG2532
ἐὰνeanifG1437
μετανοήσῃ,metanoēsēhe shall repent,G3340
ἄφεςaphesdo forgiveG863
αὐτῷ.autōhim.G846

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Cross references for Luke 17:3

  • Leviticus 19:17

    Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

  • Matthew 18:15-17

    Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 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. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

  • Matthew 18:21

    Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

  • Proverbs 9:8

    Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

  • 2 Chronicles 19:6-7

    And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment. Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

  • James 5:19

    Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

  • Proverbs 27:5

    Open rebuke is better than secret love.

  • Deuteronomy 4:9

    Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

  • Deuteronomy 4:23

    Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.

  • Exodus 34:12

    Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

  • Ephesians 5:15

    See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

  • Luke 21:34

    And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
heed.
21:34; Ex 34:12; De 4:9,15,23; 2Ch 19:6,7; Eph 5:15; Heb 12:15
2Jo 1:8
If.
Mt 18:15-17,21
rebuke.
Le 19:17; Ps 141:5; Pr 9:8; 17:10; 27:5; Ga 2:11-14; Jas 5:19

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Context

  • Luke 17:2

    It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

  • Luke 17:3

    Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

  • Luke 17:4

    And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

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Luke 17:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mirad por vosotros: si pecare contra ti tu hermano, repréndele; y si se arrepintiere, perdónale.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Prenez garde à vous-mêmes. Si ton frère pèche, reprends-le, et s’il se repent, pardonne-lui;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Habet acht auf euch selbst: wenn dein Bruder sündigt, so verweise es ihm, und wenn er es bereut, so vergib ihm.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Attendite vobis: Si peccaverit in te frater tuus, increpa illum: et si pœnitentiam egerit, dimitte illi.