The Reward for Service

40 (A)The one who [a]receives you [b]receives Me, and (B)the one who [c]receives Me [d]receives Him who sent Me. 41 (C)The one who [e]receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and the one who [f]receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person shall receive a righteous person’s reward. 42 And (D)whoever gives one of these [g]little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.”

John’s Questions

11 (E)When Jesus had finished [h]giving instructions to His twelve disciples, He went on from there (F)to teach and [i]preach in their cities.

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 10:40 Or welcomes
  2. Matthew 10:40 Or welcomes
  3. Matthew 10:40 Or welcomes
  4. Matthew 10:40 Or welcomes
  5. Matthew 10:41 Or welcomes
  6. Matthew 10:41 Or welcomes
  7. Matthew 10:42 Possibly someone of low social standing
  8. Matthew 11:1 Or commanding
  9. Matthew 11:1 Or proclaim

Rewards(A)

40 “The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me. 41 The one who receives a prophet as[a] a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and the one who receives a righteous person as[b] a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 42 I tell all of you[c] with certainty, whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is[d] a disciple will never lose his reward.”

11 When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he left there to teach and preach in their home towns.

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 10:41 Lit. in the name of
  2. Matthew 10:41 Lit. in the name of
  3. Matthew 10:42 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.
  4. Matthew 10:42 Lit. in the name of