40 "Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.
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"Those who receive you are also receiving me, and those who receive me are receiving the one who sent me.
41 Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous;
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Those who receive a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. Those who receive a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.
42 and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward."
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I assure you that everybody who gives even a cup of cold water to these little ones because they are my disciples will certainly be rewarded."
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