Thematic Bible: Receptivity


Thematic Bible




but the ground that received the grain, represents those, who hear the word, and consider it, who all become fruitful, some in one degree, and some in another.


nor do we fail of giving thanks to God continually, that, when you received the word of God, which we preach, you did not receive it as the doctrine of men, but as a doctrine that appears to be truly divine, by the influences it displays in you, who believe.


now she had a sister, named Mary, who placed herself at the feet of Jesus, to attend to his discourse.