Discovery BoxMatthew 18:17-18 
Context18:17 If 1 he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If 2 he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like 3 a Gentile 4 or a tax collector. 5
18:18 “I tell you the truth, 6 whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.
1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
2 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
3 tn Grk “let him be to you as.”
4 tn Or “a pagan.”
5 sn To treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector means not to associate with such a person. See the note on tax collectors in 5:46.
6 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
