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Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me."
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The Divine Chain of Rejection
Commentators explain that this verse establishes a clear chain of authority and rejection. To reject a faithful messenger of the Gospel is to reject Christ, and to reject Christ is to reject God the Father. This highlights the profound seriousness with which God views the reception of His message.
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Rejecteth him that sent me (αθετε τον αποστειλαντα με). These solemn words form a fit close for this discourse to the Seventy. The…
19th Century
Anglican
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Baptist
If the messenger delivers his message correctly, and as his Master would have him deliver it, the rejection of that message, when brought by him, h…
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Capernaum had the high privilege of hearing Jesus preach there frequently, but this privilege guaranteed neither its fame nor its survival. On the …
16th Century
Protestant
He that heareth you heareth me. It is a mistake to suppose that this passage is a repetition of what we previously encountered in the Gosp…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He that hears you, hears me This is said for the encouragement of the seventy disciples, that though they would be rejected by…
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Presbyterian
Christ sent the seventy disciples, two and two, that they might strengthen and encourage one another. The ministry of the gospel calls people to re…
