The comparison can be clearly stated as a simile. Alternate translation: "When someone listens to you, it is as if they were listening to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
The comparison can be clearly stated as a simile. Alternate translation: "when someone rejects you, it is as if they were rejecting me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
The comparison can be clearly stated as a simile. Alternate translation: "when someone rejects me, it is as if they were rejecting the one who sent me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
This refers to God the Father, who appointed Jesus for this special task. Alternate translation: "God, who sent me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])