Matthew 10:40

New Century Version

Whoever accepts you also accepts me, and whoever accepts me also accepts the One who sent me.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:4

When Jezebel was killing all the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah hid a hundred of them in two caves, fifty in one cave and fifty in another. He also brought them food and water.)

Jeremiah 39:17

But I will save you on that day, Ebed-Melech, says the Lord. You will not be handed over to the people you fear.

Matthew 18:5

“Whoever accepts a child in my name accepts me.

Matthew 25:40

“Then the King will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, anything you did for even the least of my people here, you also did for me.’

Matthew 25:45

“Then the King will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, anything you refused to do for even the least of my people here, you refused to do for me.’

Mark 9:37

“Whoever accepts a child like this in my name accepts me. And whoever accepts me accepts the One who sent me.”

Luke 10:16

“Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever refuses to accept you refuses to accept me. And whoever refuses to accept me refuses to accept the One who sent me.”

Luke 9:48

Then Jesus said, “Whoever accepts this little child in my name accepts me. And whoever accepts me accepts the One who sent me, because whoever is least among you all is really the greatest.”

John 13:20

I tell you the truth, whoever accepts anyone I send also accepts me. And whoever accepts me also accepts the One who sent me.”

John 20:21

Then Jesus said again, “Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, I now send you.”

John 5:23

so that all people will honor the Son as much as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we have been sent to speak for Christ. It is as if God is calling to you through us. We speak for Christ when we beg you to be at peace with God.

Galatians 4:14

Though my sickness was a trouble for you, you did not hate me or make me leave. But you welcomed me as an angel from God, as if I were Jesus Christ himself!

1 Thessalonians 4:8

So the person who refuses to obey this teaching is disobeying God, not simply a human teaching. And God is the One who gives us his Holy Spirit.

2 John 1:9

Anyone who goes beyond Christ’s teaching and does not continue to follow only his teaching does not have God. But whoever continues to follow the teaching of Christ has both the Father and the Son.