42 Bible Verses about Receptiveness

But happy are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. Truly I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see those things which you see, and saw them not; and to hear those things which you hear, and heard them not.

Then Jesus seeing His mother, and the disciple whom He loved, standing by, said to His mother; Woman, behold, thy son. Then He says to the disciple, Behold, thy mother. And from that hour that disciple received her into his own home.

and whosoever shall receive such little child in my name, receives me.

Whosoever may receive one of such little children in my name, receives me: and whosoever may receive me, receives not me, but Him that sent me.

and said to them, Whosoever may receive this little child in my name receives me; and whosoever may receive me receives him that sent me. For he who is least among you all, the same shall be great.

For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in;

And all those who believed were together and had all things common, and they sold their possessions and personalities, and divided the same unto all, as each one had need.

And of the multitude who believed there was one heart and soul, and no one was saying that any of those things which belonged to him were his own, but all things were common to them.

it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but it rejoices in the truth; it bears all things, it believes all things, it hopes all things, it endures all things.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits if they are of God: because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

But the intellectual man receives not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him; and he is not able to know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

in order that you may distinguish those things which differ; that you may be pure and without offence in the day of Christ;

but prove all things; and hold fast to the beautiful;

but solid food belongs to the perfect, those having their senses disciplined by use unto the discernment both of the good and the evil.

but I fear, lest, as the serpent beguiled Eve by his craftiness, your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity which is in Christ. For if indeed one coming preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or you receive another spirit, which you did not receive, or another gospel which you did not receive, well do you bear with him.

See that no one shall be deceiving you through philosophy and empty delusion, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ,

Be not carried away with fantastical and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, in which those going round were not profited.

I am the vine, and ye are the branches. The one abiding in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit: because you are not able to do anything without me.

Jesus says to him, Because you have seen me, you have believed: happy are those not seeing, and believing.

And seeing the multitudes, He was moved in compassion in their behalf, because they were fleeced and deserted, as sheep having no shepherd.

Therefore be not like unto them: for your Father knows of what things you have need, before you ask him.

And Jesus calling His disciples to Him, said, I sympathize with the multitude, because already three days abide unto me, and they have nothing which they may eat; I do not wish to send them away fasting, lest they may faint on the road.

I sympathize with the multitude because three days already abide unto me, and they have nothing which they may eat. If I shall send them away to their homes fasting, they will faint on the road; indeed some of them have come from afar.

And the Lord seeing her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, Weep not.

having cast all your care upon him; because there is a care to him concerning you.

because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry: but the face of the Lord is against those doing evil.

I say unto you that so there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, rather than ninety and nine just persons who have not need of repentance.

But the publican, standing a great way off, did not wish even to lift up his eyes to the heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me the sinner. I say unto you, He went down to his house justified rather than the other: because every one exalting himself shall be abased; and the one humbling himself shall be exalted.

Then I will confess unto them that I never knew you: depart from me, ye who work iniquity.

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, \i Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, \i Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

For let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord,

But so many as received Him, to them gave He the right to become the children of God, to those believing on His name: who were born not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

The one receiving you will receive me, and the one receiving me will receive Him that sent me.

Then indeed having received his word they were baptized, and on that day about three thousand souls were added unto them;

And a certain woman Lydia by name, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshiping God, was hearing us: whose heart the Lord opened to give attention to the words spoken by Paul.

Therefore as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk about in him,

But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God; in order that we may know the things which have been graciously given unto us from God. Which things indeed we speak, not in the teachable words of human wisdom, but in the teachable words of the Spirit, expounding spiritual things to spiritual people. But the intellectual man receives not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him; and he is not able to know them, because they are spiritually discerned.read more.
But the spiritual man discerns all things, and is himself discerned by no one. For who knows the mind of the Lord, who shall give him counsel? But we have the mind of Christ.

For those being in harmony with depravity, do mind the things of depravity, and those in harmony with the Spirit, the things of the Spirit:

But she is happier if she may so remain, according to my opinion: but I realize that I truly have the Spirit of God.

And I say, Walk about in the Spirit, and do not perfect the lust of carnality.

Let the one having ears, hear what the Spirit says to the churches; to him who conquers I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.