Matthew 10:40-42 expands on receiving in Jesus' name — connecting it to rewards for serving 'little ones'.

Matthew 18:3-5 is a parallel passage — Jesus uses a child to teach humility and receiving him.

In Matthew 25:40, service to the 'least of these my brothers' is service to Christ—extending the same identification with the lowly.

Luke 9:48 records the same saying about receiving a child, reinforcing the teaching on humility and representation.

Luke 10:16 applies the same representative logic to apostles: hearing them is hearing Christ, rejecting them rejects God.

John 5:23 commands honoring the Son as the Father, grounding the principle that receiving Jesus equals receiving the Father.

John 10:30 declares Jesus and the Father are one, providing the ontological basis for why receiving Jesus is receiving the Father.

John 12:44 echoes that belief in Jesus is belief in the one who sent him, directly reinforcing the identification.

John 12:45 says seeing Jesus is seeing the Father, another expression of the same unity and representation.

1 Thessalonians 4:8 applies the same principle to apostolic teaching: disregarding it is disregarding God, not man.

Matthew 18:5 gives the identical saying about receiving a child in Jesus' name, confirming the teaching across Gospels.

John 13:20 expands the principle—receiving Jesus' sent ones is receiving Jesus and the Father, echoing Mark 9:37's logic.

Matthew 18:10 warns against despising little ones, complementing the command to receive them here.

John 14:21-23 links love for Christ with the Father's love and indwelling—expanding the relational union implied in receiving Christ.