John 13:20

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¹⁸ I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁹ Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

²¹ When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

²² Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”
KJV: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
WEB: Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me.”
ASV: Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
DARBY: Verily, verily, I say to you, He who receives whomsoever I shall send receives me; and he that receives me receives him who has sent me.
BLB: Truly, truly, I say to you⁺, the one receiving anyone I shall send receives Me, and the one receiving Me receives the One having sent Me.”

ÅB: Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg dere: Den som tar imot den jeg sender, han tar imot meg; men den som tar imot meg, han tar imot den som har sendt meg.
OTB: Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg dere, den som tar imot noen jeg sender, tar imot meg; og den som tar imot meg, tar imot ham som har sendt meg."
B1930: Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg eder: Den som tar imot den jeg sender, han tar imot mig; men den som tar imot mig, han tar imot den som har sendt mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Luke 10:16
He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
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Luke 9:48
And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
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Mark 9:37
Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
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Matthew 25:40
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
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Matthew 10:40–42
He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
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Galatians 4:14
And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
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John 12:44–48
Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
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Colossians 2:6
As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
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