Acts 17:11
The Jews there were better disposed than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the message with all eagerness and carried on a daily study of the Scriptures to see if Paul's message was true.
John 5:39
"You keep on searching the Scriptures, for you yourselves suppose that you will get possession of eternal life through them; and yet they are witnesses that testify to me,
Luke 16:29
But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them listen to them.'
1 Thessalonians 2:13
For another reason too, we, as far as we are concerned, are constantly giving thanks to God; that is, when you received the message you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the message of men but as the message of God, as it really is, which keeps on working in you who believe.
Matthew 13:23
And what was sown in rich soil illustrates the man who hears the message and understands it, and yields fruit, one a hundred, one sixty, another thirty-fold."
Luke 24:44
Then He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you, that everything which is written about me in the law of Moses, in the prophets, and in the Psalms, had to be fulfilled."
John 1:45-49
Philip sought out Nathaniel and said to him, "We have found the One about whom Moses wrote in the law and the One about whom the prophets wrote; it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazareth."
John 3:21
But whoever is in the habit of living the truth will come out in the daylight, that his actions may be shown to be performed with God's help."
Acts 2:41
So they accepted his message and were baptized, and about three thousand persons united with them on that day.
Acts 10:33
So at once I sent for you, and you have been kind enough to come. So now we are all here in God's presence to listen to anything that the Lord has commanded you to say."
Acts 11:1
Now the apostles and the brothers all over Judea heard that the heathen too had accepted God's message.
Acts 17:1
Now they traveled on through Amphipolis and Apollonia until they reached Thessalonica. Here there was a Jewish synagogue.
1 Thessalonians 1:6
And you followed the example set by us and by the Lord, because you welcomed our message with a joy inspired by the Holy Spirit, in spite of the painful persecutions it brought you,
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and with a completely wicked deception for men who are on the way to destruction, because they refused to love the truth so as to be saved.
2 Timothy 3:15-17
and that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures which can give you wisdom that leads to salvation through the faith that leans on Christ Jesus.
James 1:21
So strip yourselves of everything impure and all the evils prevailing around you, and in humble spirit welcome the message which when rooted in your hearts is able to save your souls.
1 Peter 1:10-12
Even the prophets, who prophesied about the spiritual blessing meant for you, made careful investigations and persistent research about this salvation,
1 Peter 2:2
and like new-born babies thirst for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to final salvation,
2 Peter 1:19-21
So we have the message of the prophets more certainly guaranteed. Please pay attention to this message as to a lamp that is shining in a dismal place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;
1 John 4:5-6
They are children of the world; this is why they speak what the world inspires, and why the world listens to them.