17 Bible Verses about Receiving Jesus As A Guest

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

And as they were pursuing their journey he entered into a certain village. And a woman by the name of Martha received him into her house.

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

a stranger, and you took me not in; sick and in prison and you visited me not.

And seeing it, they all complained, saying, He has gone in to stop with a sinner.

And he was reclining in the house, and behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his disciples.

And he was reclining in his house, and many publicans and sinners also reclined with Jesus and his disciples, for many also followed him.

And Levi made a great feast for him at his house; and there was a great multitude of publicans and of others who reclined with them.

And Jesus being at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came to him having a vase of very costly ointment, and poured it on his head, as he reclined.

And when he was at Bethany, and was reclining at the house of Simon the leper, a woman came, having a vase of ointment of genuine nard, extremely costly, and breaking the vase she poured it out on his head.

THEN Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Then they made him a supper there, and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of those that reclined with him. Then Mary taking a pound of genuine nard, very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hairs. And the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.

AND one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him; and going into the Pharisee's house he reclined. And behold, a certain woman in the city, a sinner, knowing that he was reclining in the house of the Pharisee, brought a vase of ointment, and standing behind, by his feet, weeping, washed his feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head; and she kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.read more.
And the Pharisee who invited him, seeing it, spoke within himself, saying, If this was a prophet he would have known who and what kind of a woman this is who touches him; for she is a sinner. And Jesus answered and said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Teacher, say it. A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed him five hundred denarii [$70], and the other fifty [$7]. And having nothing to pay, he gave [the debt] to both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose the one to whom he gave most. And he said to him, You have judged rightly. And turning to the woman, he said to Simon, Do you see this woman? I came into your house; you gave me no water for my feet; but she has wet my feet with tears, and wiped them with her hairs. You gave me no kiss; but she, from the time that I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet. You anointed not my head with oil; but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she has loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven, loves little. And he said to her, Your sins are forgiven. And those who reclined with him said within themselves, Who is this that forgives sins also?

AND he came into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath; and they watched him closely.

And they urged him, saying, Remain with us, for it is near evening, and the day is already past. And he went in to remain with them;

and Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the wedding.

AND one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him; and going into the Pharisee's house he reclined.

but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for desires of the flesh.