16 Bible Verses about Welcoming Christ

Therefore, accept one another, just as the Messiah accepted you, for the glory of God.

"The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me.

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the one who receives whomever I send receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me."

and whoever receives a little child like this in my name receives me."

"Whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me."

Then he told them, "Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, because the one who is least among all of you is the one who is greatest."

Even though my condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. On the contrary, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, or as if I were the Messiah Jesus.

However, to all who received him, those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children,

When did we see you as a stranger and welcome you, or see you naked and clothe you?

When Jesus came back, the crowd welcomed him, because everyone was expecting him.

Now as they were traveling along, Jesus went into a village. A woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.

Zacchaeus came down quickly and was glad to welcome him into his home.

But all the people who saw this began to complain: "Jesus is going to be the guest of a notorious sinner!"

When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen everything that he had done in Jerusalem during the festival and because they, too, had gone to the festival.

So they were glad to take him on board, and immediately the boat reached the land toward which they were going.