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Luke 10:16

Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

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ASV

He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.

KJV

He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὉHoThe [one]G3588 →
ἀκούωνakouōnhearingG191 →
ὑμῶνhumōnyouG4771 →
ἐμοῦemouMeG1473 →
ἀκούει,akoueihears,G191 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ὁhothe [one]G3588 →
ἀθετῶνathetōnrejectingG114 →
ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771 →
ἐμὲemeMe myselfG1473 →
ἀθετεῖ·atheteirejects;G114 →
ὁhothe [one]G3588 →
δὲdenowG1161 →
ἐμὲemeMe myselfG1473 →
ἀθετῶνathetōnrejectingG114 →
ἀθετεῖatheteihe rejectsG114 →
τὸνtonthe [One]G3588 →
ἀποστείλαντάaposteilantahaving sentG649 →
με.¶meMe.G3165 →

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John 5:23so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.John 13:20Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”2 Corinthians 5:20Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.1 Thessalonians 4:8Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.Matthew 10:40He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.1 Samuel 8:7And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.John 12:44Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me.Numbers 12:8I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”Deuteronomy 18:15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.Jeremiah 15:19Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.Mark 9:37“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes not only Me, but the One who sent Me.”John 5:22–23Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,John 12:48There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.Malachi 1:6“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’Matthew 18:5And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.Ezekiel 3:7But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.Exodus 16:8And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”Luke 9:5If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”

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Bruegel's Fall of the Rebel Angels — the older Christian reading of the demonic's origin.

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Demonology

What Scripture actually says about the unseen adversary — named, bounded, and already defeated.

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La Chute des anges rebelles (The Fall of the Rebel Angels) — Gustave Doré

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I Saw Satan Fall

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Christ in the House of Martha and Mary — Johannes Vermeer

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Mary and Martha: Luke 10:38–42

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Fall of the Rebel Angels (1562) — the tradition that read Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 as the adversary's own fall.

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The Origin of Evil

Two taunt-songs, two named kings, and the fall the church has heard behind them — Isaiah 14 facing Ezekiel 28.

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Guido Reni, The Archangel Michael defeating Satan: the war of Revelation 12 in a single frame.

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Satan

The adversary of Scripture — serpent in a garden, dragon in a lake of fire, and a real fallen being whose defeat was sealed at the cross.

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Guido Reni, St. Michael Trampling the Devil (c. 1635): the enemy of Revelation 12 named and defeated.

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The Names of Satan

Scripture rarely gives the adversary a plain name — it gives him titles, and each one is a claim about what he does.

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Mary and Martha — Gustave Doré (engraving), public domain
Mary and Martha — Gustave Doré (engraving), public domain
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