Matthew 10:41

On Rewards

⁴⁰ "The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me. ⁴¹ The one who receives a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward. ⁴² I tell all of you with certainty, whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple will never lose his reward."

Good Man

Righteous Man

3 John 1:5-8

Dear friend, you are faithful in whatever you do for the brothers, especially when they are strangers.

Genesis 20:7

Now then, return the man's wife. As a matter of fact, he's a prophet and can intercede for you so you'll live. But if you don't return her, be aware that you and all who are yours will certainly die."

1 Kings 17:9-15

"Get up, move to Zarephath in Sidon, and stay there. Look! I've commanded a widow to sustain you there."

1 Kings 17:20-24

Then he called out to the LORD and asked him, "LORD my God, have you also brought evil to this dear widow with whom I am living as her guest? Have you caused the death of her son?"

1 Kings 18:3-4

Ahab called for Obadiah, his household supervisor. This man, who feared the LORD very much,

2 Kings 4:8-10

Some time later, Elisha went to Shunem, where he met a prominent and wealthy woman who persuaded him to have a meal with her. As a result, whenever he was in the area, he stopped by to eat with her.

2 Kings 4:16-17

and he told her, "About this time next year you will be embracing a son."

2 Kings 4:32-37

When Elisha entered the house, there was the youngster, dead and laid out on Elisha's bed!

Isaiah 3:10

"Tell the righteous that things will go well, because they will enjoy the fruit of their actions."

Matthew 6:1

"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people in order to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Matthew 6:4

so that your giving may be done in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you."

Matthew 6:6

But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees from the hidden place will reward you.

Matthew 6:18

so that your fasting will not be noticed by others but by your Father who is in the hidden place. And your Father who watches from the hidden place will reward you."

Matthew 16:27

The Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone according to what he has done.

Matthew 25:34-40

"Then the king will say to those on his right, "Come, you who have been blessed by my Father! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,

Luke 14:13-14

Instead, when you give a banquet, make it your habit to invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

Acts 16:15

When she and her family were baptized, she urged us, "If you are convinced that I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home." And she continued to insist that we do so.

Romans 16:1-4

Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deaconess in the church at Cenchrea.

Romans 16:23

Gaius, who is host to me and the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus greet you.

1 Corinthians 9:17

For if I preach voluntarily, I get a reward, but if I am unwilling to do it, I am still entrusted with that obligation.

2 Thessalonians 1:6-7

Certainly it is right for God to pay back those who afflict you with affliction,

2 Timothy 1:16-18

May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, for he often took care of me and was not ashamed that I was a prisoner.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have ministered to the saints and continue to minister to them.

2 John 1:8

See to it that you don't destroy what we have worked for, but that you receive your full reward.