John 13:20

He that receiveth, &c. The connexion of this saying, solemnly introduced with the double -verily," with what precedes is not easy to determine. The saying is one with which Christ had sent forth the Apostles in the first instance (Matthew 10:40). It is recalled at the moment when one of them is being denounced for treachery. It was natural that such an end to such a mission should send Christ's thoughts back to the beginning of it. Moreover He would warn them all from supposing that such a catastrophe either cancelled the mission or proved it to be worthless from the first. Of every one of them, even of Judas himself, the saying still held good, -he that receiveth whomsoeverI send, receiveth Me." The unworthiness of the minister cannot annul the commission.