If thy brother sin (εαν αμαρτη). Second aorist (ingressive) subjunctive in condition of third class.

Trespass against you. Sin against you, or does anything that gives you an offence or does you an injury.

Rebuke. Reprove. G…

Take heed to yourselves.—The position of these words is remarkable, and they have nothing corresponding to them in the pa…

One of these little ones. Take heed to yourselves: If your brother trespasses against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if h…

St. Ambrose of Milan: After the parable of the rich man who is tormented in punishment, Christ added a commandment to grant …

(1–3a) Jesus has been addressing the Pharisees since 16:14. Now he resumes his conversation with the disciples, warning them about “things that cau…

Take heed to yourselves .
&c.] Or to one another, that you neither give, nor take offence. Take heed to your spirits…

It is no reduction of the guilt of those by whom an offense comes, nor will the fact that offenses will come lessen their punishment.