From: Luke 10:13-16
Jesus Condemns Cities For Their Unbelief
(Jesus said,) [13] "Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if
the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they
would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. [14] But
it shall be more tolerable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for
you. [15] And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to Heaven? You
shall be brought down to Hades.
[16] "He who hears you hears Me, and he who rejects you rejects Me, and
he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me."
Commentary:
16. On the evening of the day of His resurrection, our Lord entrusts
His Apostles with the mission received from the Father, endowing them
with powers similar to His own (John 20:21). Some days later He will
confer on Peter the primacy He had already promised him (John
21:15-17). The Pope is the successor of Peter, and the bishops the
successor of the Apostles (cf. "Lumen Gentium", 20). Therefore,
"Bishops who teach in communion with the Roman Pontiff are to be
revered by all as witnesses of divine and Catholic truth [...]. This
loyal submission of the will and intellect must be given, in a special
way, to the authentic teaching authority of the Roman Pontiff, even
when he does not speak "ex cathedra" (Vatican II, "Lumen Gentium",
25).
Source: "The Navarre Bible: Text and Commentaries". Biblical text
taken from the Revised Standard Version and New Vulgate. Commentaries
made by members of the Faculty of Theology of the University of
Navarre, Spain. Published by Four Courts Press, Kill Lane, Blackrock,
Co. Dublin, Ireland.