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.”

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  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

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.”

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  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