Luke 10:16
What does Luke 10:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Luke 10:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Luke 10:16 means
Jesus emphasizes the authority of the seventy: accepting them equals accepting Jesus; rejecting them equals rejecting Jesus and ultimately God who sent him. The verse places the missionaries as official representatives. Their words and ministry are not merely human opinion but carry divine weight. It clarifies the seriousness of reception: response to the messengers is response to the One who sent them. The statement supports the earlier instructions about reception and explains why rejection warrants judgment.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Whoever gives ear to you, gives ear to me; and whoever is against you, is against me; and whoever is against me, is against him who sent me.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`He who is hearing you, doth hear me; and he who is putting you away, doth put me away; and he who is putting me away, doth put away Him who sent me.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He that heareth you heareth me: and he that despiseth you despiseth me: and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you rejects me; and he that rejects me rejects him that sent me.
Context
This verse follows the warnings to towns and highlights why accepting or rejecting the disciples matters: they represent Jesus and the Father. Having established the stakes for reception, the narrative shifts to the return of the seventy, their report, and Jesus’ response. The theme moves from mission instructions to the results and interpretation of their work.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 12:48
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.
- Numbers 16:11
Therefore thou and all thy company are gathered together against Jehovah: and Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?
- Luke 9:48
and said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this little 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 is great.
- John 12:44
And Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
- Matthew 10:40
He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
- Matthew 18:5
And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me:
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