¹⁶ But if he won’t listen, take one or two more with you, so that by the testimony^[a] of two or three witnesses every fact may be established.^(A)[b]

¹⁷ Even in your law it is written that the witness of two men is valid.^(A)

Final Warnings and Exhortations

13 This is the third time I am coming to you.^(A) Every fact must be established by the testimony^[a] of two or three witnesses.^(B)[b]