34 Bible Verses about welcome
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For thus you will be given a triumphant admission into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
"Any one who, for the sake of my Name, welcomes even a little child like this is welcoming me, and any one who welcomes me is welcoming not me, but him who sent me as his Messenger."
I tell you," he continued, "that no Prophet is acceptable in his own country.
And if a place does not welcome you, or listen to you, as you go out of it shake off the dust that is on the soles of your feet, as a protest against them."
If any one comes to you and does not bring this Teaching, do not receive him into your house or welcome him;
If no one welcomes you, or listens to what you say, as you leave that house or that town, shake off its dust from your feet.
Give him, then, the heartiest of Christian welcomes, and hold such men in great honour.
And I say to you 'Win friends for yourselves with your dishonest money,' so that, when it comes to an end, there may be a welcome for you into the Eternal Home.
And I ask you to give her a Christian welcome--one worthy of Christ's People--and to aid her in any matter in which she may need your assistance. She has proved herself a staunch friend to me and to many others.
But that in every nation he who reverences him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
But, whatever town you go to visit, if the people do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say
Then, if the house is worthy, let your blessing rest upon it, but, if it is unworthy, let your blessing return upon yourselves.
Therefore, when I come, I shall not forget his conduct in ridiculing us with his wicked tongue. Not content with that, he not only declines to recognize our Brothers himself, but actually prevents those who would, and expels them from the Church.
I know what I will do, so that, as soon as I am turned out of my stewardship, people may welcome me into their homes.'
If people do not welcome you, as you leave that town, shake even the dust off your feet, as a protest against them."
Do not neglect to show hospitality; for, through being hospitable, men have all unawares entertained angels.
Therefore "Come out from among the nations, and separate yourselves from them," says the Lord, "and touch nothing impure; And I will welcome you;
For, when I was hungry, you gave me food; when I was thirsty, you gave me drink; when I was a stranger, you took me to your homes;
Therefore, have done with all filthiness and whatever wickedness still remains, and in a humble spirit receive that Message which has been planted in your hearts and is able to save your souls.
He came to his own--yet his own did not receive him.
Relieving the wants of Christ's People; devoted to hospitality.
Therefore always receive one another as friends, just as the Christ himself received us, to the glory of God.
In truth I tell you, he who receives any one that I send receives me; and he who receives me receives him who sent me."
But the people there did not welcome him, because his face was set in the direction of Jerusalem.
On his return, Jesus was welcomed by the people; for everyone was looking out for him.
Whatever house you go to stay at, begin by praying for a blessing on it.
He who welcomes you is welcoming me; and he who welcomes me is welcoming him who sent me as his Messenger.
And, since I go and prepare a place for you, I shall return and take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am;
As for those whose faith is weak, always receive them as friends, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on their scruples.
I wrote a few lines to the Church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, declines to recognize us.