A Cup of Cold Water

⁴⁰ ‘The one who welcomes you welcomes me,^(A) and the one who welcomes me welcomes him who sent me.^(B)

⁴² And whoever gives^(A) even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple,^[a](B) truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.’

¹⁶ Whoever listens to you listens to me.^(A) Whoever rejects you rejects me.^(B) And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.’^(C)

²⁰ Truly I tell you, whoever receives anyone I send receives me, and the one who receives^(A) me receives him who sent me.’