“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. ¹ 

I tell you the solemn truth, ¹  whoever accepts ²  the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.” ³ 

“Whoever welcomes ¹  one of these little children ²  in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”

And whoever welcomes ¹  a child like this in my name welcomes me.

and said to them, “Whoever welcomes ¹  this child ²  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.” ³ 

For everyone who asks ¹  receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever ¹  receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.

For everyone who asks ¹  receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door ²  will be opened.

The ¹  seed sown on rocky ground ²  is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

About him all the prophets testify, ¹  that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins ²  through his name.”

Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.

For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on ¹  it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.

But ¹  the Pharisees ²  and the experts in the law ³  were complaining, ⁴  “This man welcomes ⁵  sinners and eats with them.”

He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.

And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid a tithe through Abraham.

A wicked person receives a bribe secretly ¹  to pervert ²  the ways of justice.

“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

And the smoke from their ¹  torture will go up ²  forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have ³  no rest day or night, along with ⁴  anyone who receives the mark of his name.”

Now the one who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with the one who teaches ¹  it.

“For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.” ¹