17 Bible Verses about Acceptance, Of Jesus Christ

But to all who receive him, to them he has given the right to become children of God, even to those who trust in his name;

As then you have received Jesus Christ, your Lord, in him live your lives;

In solemn truth I tell you, he who receives any one that I send is receiving me; and he who receives me is receiving Him who sent me."

"Whoever receives you is receiving me, and he who receives me is receiving Him who sent me.

"and whoever receives one such child for my sake, receives me.

"Whoever in my name receives one such little child, receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me, but Him who sent me."

then he said to them. "Whoever shall receive this little child in my name receives me; and whoever shall receive me receives him that sent me. For it is the lowliest among you all who is great."

"He who listens to you listens to me. and he who rejects you, rejects me; he who rejects me, rejects him who sent me."

Now Jesus, speaking in a loud voice, had said:

for I have given them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

"and, if you are willing to receive it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

He answered them. "Not all are accepting this teaching, but only those to whom it has been granted. "For there are eunuchs who have been such from birth; others who have been made such by men; and others who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of God. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it."

Whoever does receive it has set his seal that God is true. For he whom God sent utters the words of God; for God does not give the Spirit sparingly.

He came to his own creation, and his own folk welcomed him not.

"Most solemnly I tell you we are speaking of what we know, and it is about that of which we were eyewitnesses that we give testimony. Yet all of you reject our testimony.

"I am come in the name of my Father and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, him you will receive. "How can you believe when you receive glory from, one another, and have no desire for the glory which comes from the only God?

So many of his disciples, when they heard it, said: "This teaching is unbelievable! Who can listen to him?"