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WhoeverὉhearsἀκούωνyouὑμῶνhearsἀκούειme,ἐμοῦandκαὶwhoeverὁrejectsἀθετῶνyouὑμᾶςrejectsἀθετεῖme;ἐμὲandδὲwhoeverὁrejectsἀθετῶνmeἐμὲrejectsἀθετεῖthe one who sentτὸν ἀποστείλαντάme.”με
Luke 10:16
Study it in the app“Whoever hears you hears me, and whoever rejects you rejects me; and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.””
With the Greek beneath
Luke 10:16, word by word
- hearsἀκούωνakouōn
listen
To pay attention and obey.
Where else “akouōn” appears- rejectsἀθετῶνathetōn
reject
To treat someone as worthless and pay him no heed.
Where else “athetōn” appears- the one who sentἀποστείλαντάaposteilanta
send
To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.
Where else “aposteilanta” appears
The context
15And you, Capernaum, will you really be exalted as far as heaven? You will be brought down as far as Hades!
16 · This verse (above)
17And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!”
To study Luke 10 in a group
1. What it says
What question does the expert in the law ask Jesus, and how does Jesus answer with the story of the Samaritan? (vv. 25-37)
2. What it means
In the story, what do the priest, the Levite and the Samaritan each do on seeing the wounded man? How does Jesus change the question at the end? (vv. 31-36)
3. How I live it
Jesus says, “Go and do likewise.” Who near you needs a concrete help today that you can actually give? (v. 37)