17 Bible Verses about Receiving Jesus As A Guest

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any one hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

And it came to pass, as they journeyed, that he entered into a certain village; and a certain woman, named Martha, received him into her house.

Jesus answered and said to him, If any one loveth me, he will keep my word; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.

I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He hath gone in to be the guest of a sinner.

And it came to pass, as he was reclining at table in the house, lo! many publicans and sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his disciples.

And it happened that he was reclining at table in his house; and many publicans and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many, and scribes of the Pharisees were also following him.

And Levi made a great feast for him at his house, and there was a great company of publicans and others, who were reclining at table with them.

Now when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, there came to him a woman having an alabaster bottle of very costly ointment, and poured it on his head while he was reclining at table.

And when he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, there came a woman having an alabaster bottle of ointment of pure spikenard, very precious; and breaking the bottle, she poured it on his head.

Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead. They made therefore a supper for him there, and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of those who reclined at the table with him. Then Mary, taking a pound of ointment of pure spikenard, very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.

And one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him; and he went into the Pharisees house, and reclined at the table. And lo! a woman who was in the city, a sinner, learning that he was at table in the Pharisees house, brought an alabasterbottle of ointment, and standing behind at his feet, weeping, began to wet his feet with tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.read more.
And the Pharisee who had invited him, when he saw this, said within himself, This man, if he were a prophet, would know who, and what sort of woman, this is that toucheth him; for she is a sinner. And Jesus answering said to him, Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee. And he saith, Teacher, say on. A certain moneylender had two debtors; one owed five hundred denaries, and the other fifty. When they had nothing to pay, he freely remitted the debt of both. Which of them, now, will love him the most? Simon answering said, He, I suppose, to whom he remitted the most. And he said to him, Thou hast judged rightly. And turning to the woman, he said to Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered thy house, no water didst thou give me for my feet; but she wet my feet with tears, and wiped them with her hair. No kiss didst thou give me; but she, from the time I came in, did not cease to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint; but she anointed my feet with costly ointment. Wherefore, I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven; for she loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven loveth little. And he said to her, Thy sins have been forgiven. And those who were at table with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that even forgiveth sins?

And it came to pass, when he had come into the house of one of the chief men of the Pharisees on the sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us, for it is towards evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in to stay with them.

And both Jesus and his disciples were invited to the feast.

And one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him; and he went into the Pharisees house, and reclined at the table.

but clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and think not about satisfying the lusts of the flesh.