God’s Word Translation
Luke 10:16
16“The person who hears you hears me, and the person who rejects you rejects me. The person who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
Luke 10:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
- New International Version (NIV)“Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me."
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.”
Context of Luke 10:16
14Judgment day will be better for Tyre and Sidon than for you. 15And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to heaven? No, you will go to hell! “The person who hears you hears me, and the person who rejects you rejects me. The person who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.” 17The 70 disciples came back very happy. They said, “Lord, even demons obey us when we use the power and authority of your name!” 18Jesus said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
Read all of Luke 10Luke 10:16 word by word
Ὁ ἀκούων ὑμῶν ἐμοῦ ἀκούει, καὶ ὁ ἀθετῶν ὑμᾶς ἐμὲ ἀθετεῖ· ὁ δὲ ἐμὲ ἀθετῶν ἀθετεῖ τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Luke 10:16
- Luke 9:48Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me. Whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. The one who is least among all of you is the one who is greatest.”
- Matthew 10:40“The person who welcomes you welcomes me, and the person who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.
- Matthew 18:5And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me.
- Mark 9:37“Whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me. Whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.”
- John 12:44Then Jesus said loudly, “Whoever believes in me believes not only in me but also in the one who sent me.
- John 13:20“I can guarantee this truth: Whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”
- 1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore, whoever rejects this ⌞order⌟ is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.
- Exodus 16:7In the morning you will see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard you complaining about him. Why are you complaining about us?”
- Numbers 14:2They complained to Moses and Aaron, “If only we had died in Egypt or this desert!
- Numbers 16:11So you and all your followers have joined forces against the Lord! Who is Aaron that you should complain about him?”
- Acts 5:4While you had the land, it was your own. After it was sold, you could have done as you pleased with the money. So how could you do a thing like this? You didn’t lie to people but to God!”
- Malachi 1:6“This is what the Lord of Armies says: A son honors his father, and a servant honors his master. So if I am a father, where is my honor? If I am a master, where is my respect? You priests despise my name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised your name?’
- John 5:22“The Father doesn’t judge anyone. He has entrusted judgment entirely to the Son
Commentaries on Luke 10:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16He that despiseth you, despiseth me - "The holy, blessed God said: 'Honor my statutes, for they are my ambassadors: and a man's ambassador is like to himself. If thou honor my precepts, it is the same as if thou didst honor me; and if thou despise them, thou despisest me." R. Tancum. "He that murmurs against his teacher is the same as if he had murmured against the Divine Shekinah." Sanhedrin, fol. 110.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16See the notes at Matthew 10:40.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-20the Lord appointed seventy-two others: The mission of the twelve disciples represented the ministry of Jesus to Israel (9:1–6). This mission represented his outreach to the Gentiles. The number 72 represents the nations of the world. Genesis 10 lists 70 nations in the Hebrew text, but the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint) lists 72. Luke, who used the Septuagint, likely wrote 72, and then a later scribe changed it to match the Hebrew text. The main idea…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. He that, &c.--(See on Mt 10:40).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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