John 13:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I tell you the solemn truth, whoever accepts the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 10:16 : 16 “The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
  • Mark 9:37 : 37 “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”
  • Luke 9:48 : 48 and said to them,“Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, for the one who is least among you all is the one who is great.”
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the king will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
  • Matt 10:40-42 : 40 Rewards“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. 41 Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, he will never lose his reward.”
  • Gal 4:14 : 14 and though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as though I were an angel of God, as though I were Christ Jesus himself!
  • John 12:44-48 : 44 Jesus’ Final Public Words But Jesus shouted out,“The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me, 45 and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me. 46 I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness. 47 If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day.
  • 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
  • Col 2:6 : 6 Warnings Against the Adoption of False Philosophies Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 10:40-41
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    40Rewards“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.

    41Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.

  • Mark 9:37
    80%

    37“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”

  • John 12:44-45
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    44Jesus’ Final Public Words But Jesus shouted out,“The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me,

    45and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me.

  • John 13:15-16
    2 verses
    78%

    15For I have given you an example– you should do just as I have done for you.

    16I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

  • Luke 10:16
    77%

    16“The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

  • Luke 9:48
    76%

    48and said to them,“Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, for the one who is least among you all is the one who is great.”

  • John 13:19
    75%

    19I am telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I am he.

  • John 13:21
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    21When he had said these things, Jesus was greatly distressed in spirit, and testified,“I tell you the solemn truth, one of you will betray me.”

  • John 17:8
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    8because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

  • John 20:21
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    21So Jesus said to them again,“Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you.”

  • John 17:18
    73%

    18Just as you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world.

  • Matt 18:5
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    5And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me.

  • John 14:10-12
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    10Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds.

    11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves.

    12I tell you the solemn truth, the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father.

  • John 3:34
    72%

    34For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

  • John 5:43
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    43I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

  • John 5:38
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    38nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

  • John 8:26
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    26I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.”

  • John 5:36
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    36“But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete– the deeds I am now doing– testify about me that the Father has sent me.

  • John 12:48-49
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    48The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day.

    49For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

  • John 15:26
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    26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father– the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father– he will testify about me,

  • John 7:28-29
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    28Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, cried out,“You both know me and know where I come from! And I have not come on my own initiative, but the one who sent me is true. You do not know him,

    29but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me.”

  • John 14:20-21
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    20You will know at that time that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.

    21The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.”

  • John 16:14-15
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    14He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.

    15Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.

  • John 6:47
    70%

    47I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes has eternal life.

  • John 14:28
    70%

    28You heard me say to you,‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

  • Rom 15:7
    70%

    7Exhortation to Mutual Acceptance Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God’s glory.

  • John 15:20
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    20Remember what I told you,‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.

  • John 16:27
    70%

    27For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

  • John 5:23-24
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    23so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

    24“I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.

  • John 8:16
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    16But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate, because I am not alone when I judge, but I and the Father who sent me do so together.

  • John 7:16
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    16So Jesus replied,“My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.

  • Mark 14:20
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    20He said to them,“It is one of the twelve, one who dips his hand with me into the bowl.

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    37Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away.

  • Matt 11:27
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    27All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.

  • John 17:21
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    21that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.

  • John 9:37
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    37Jesus told him,“You have seen him; he is the one speaking with you.”[

  • John 14:24
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    24The person who does not love me does not obey my words. And the word you hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.

  • John 1:33
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    33And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me,‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining– this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

  • John 17:23
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    23I in them and you in me– that they may be completely one, so that the world will know that you sent me, and you have loved them just as you have loved me.

  • John 6:57
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    57Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumes me will live because of me.