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Matthew 10:40-42

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

40. He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 41. He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. 42. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold [water] only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

Matthew 10:40-42 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Matthew 10:40

Theological / Devotional

Receiveth you. Christians are ambassadors of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever they say and do is taken by the people of this earth as being representative of the ideals of the kingdom of heaven, and the way the world treats them — because they are ambassadors for Christ — is looked upon by Christ as if that treatment were accorded to Him personally.

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