OET interlinear MAT 10:40

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὁ δεχόμενος ὑμᾶς ἐμὲ δέχεται

the_‹one› receiving you_all me /is/_receiving

Here Jesus speaks as if people who receive the disciples were actually receiving him. He means that these people, by receiving the disciples, show that they would receive Jesus too. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in simile form or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “If someone receives you, it is as if he or she received me” or “The one receiving you proves that he or she would receive me”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὁ ἐμὲ δεχόμενος δέχεται τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με

the_‹one› the_‹one› me receiving /is/_receiving the_‹one› /having/_sent_out me

Here Jesus speaks as if people who receive him were actually receiving God, who sent him. He means that these people, by receiving him, show that they would receive God too. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in simile form or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “if someone receives me, it is as if he or she received the one having sent me” or “the one receiving me proves that he or she would receive the one having sent me”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με

the_‹one› /having/_sent_out me

Here Jesus implies that the one having sent him is God the Father. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “God, who sent me”