John 13:20

First Nations Version

“I speak from my heart. The one who welcomes the one I send welcomes me. The one who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.”

Cross References

Luke 10:16

“The ones who welcome you welcome me. The ones who send you away are sending me away. The ones who send me away send away the one who sent me.” So, after he said these things, the seventy went out, two by two, to all the villages.

Luke 9:48

“The ones representing me who welcome this little child are welcoming me. When you welcome me, you are not only welcoming me but also the one who sent me. That is what I meant when I said, ‘The lowest among you will become the greatest of all.’”

Mark 9:37

He then took the child into his arms and said, “When you welcome me, you do not welcome me alone, but also the one who sent me.”

Matthew 25:40

“‘I speak from my heart,’ he answered them, ‘whatever you did for the least important of my fellow human beings who needed help, you did for me.’

Galatians 4:14

But even though the weakness in my body was hard for you to bear, you did not look down on me with scorn or turn away from me in disgust. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were a spirit-messenger from Creator, or even as if I were the Chosen One, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) himself.

Colossians 2:6

So, in the same way you welcomed the Chosen One, Creator Sets Free (Jesus), to be your Honored Chief, continue to walk with him on this road of life.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

So the one who turns away from this instruction is not turning away from a human being, but from Creator himself, who has given his Holy Spirit to you.