'Receive' in the Bible

And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten is of the Holy Spirit,

for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out -- freely ye did receive, freely give.

'And whoever may not receive you nor hear your words, coming forth from that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet,

and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

'He who is receiving you doth receive me, and he who is receiving me doth receive Him who sent me,

he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward,

blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed,

and if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who was about to come;

And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, 'What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth -- from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons or from the strangers?'

'And he who may receive one such child in my name, doth receive me,

And he said to them, 'All do not receive this word, but those to whom it hath been given;

for there are eunuchs who from the mother's womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive it -- let him receive.'

and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;

they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye -- ye also -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive.

And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did receive each a denary.

'And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary,

and all -- as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.'

'And when the season of the fruits came nigh, he sent his servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it,

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.

'And he who did receive the five talents, having gone, wrought with them, and made other five talents;

and he who did receive the one, having gone away, digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

and he who did receive the five talents having come, brought other five talents, saying, 'Sir, five talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other five talents did I gain besides them.

'And he who also did receive the two talents having come, said, Sir, two talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other two talents I did gain besides them.

a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me.

'And these are they, in like manner, who on the rocky ground are sown: who, whenever they may hear the word, immediately with joy do receive it,

'And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who do hear the word, and receive, and do bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

and as many as may not receive you, nor hear you, going out thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony to them; verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in a day of judgment than for that city.'

'Whoever may receive one of such children in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth not receive me, but Him who sent me.'

verily I say to you, whoever may not receive the reign of God, as a child -- he may not enter into it;'

who may not receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, with persecutions, and in the age that is coming, life age-during;

Because of this I say to you, all whatever -- praying -- ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you.

and he sent unto the husbandmen at the due time a servant, that from the husbandmen he may receive from the fruit of the vineyard,

who are devouring the widows' houses, and for a pretence are making long prayers; these shall receive more abundant judgment.'

and they were giving him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, and he did not receive.

and if ye lend to those of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners -- that they may receive again as much.

'And those upon the rock: They who, when they may hear, with joy do receive the word, and these have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

and as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, even the dust from your feet shake off, for a testimony against them.'

and said to them, 'Whoever may receive this child in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth receive Him who sent me, for he who is least among you all -- he shall be great.'

and they did not receive him, because his face was going on to Jerusalem.

and into whatever city ye enter, and they may receive you, eat the things set before you,

'And into whatever city ye do enter, and they may not receive you, having gone forth to its broad places, say,

And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house,

for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying -- This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'

and he said to him -- Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back.

I have known what I shall do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.

and I say to you, Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye may fail, they may receive you to the age-during tabernacles.

And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive -- thou -- thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;

verily I say to you, Whoever may not receive the reign of God as a little child, may not enter into it.'

who may not receive back manifold more in this time, and in the coming age, life age-during.'

saying, 'What wilt thou I shall do to thee?' and he said, 'Sir, that I may receive sight.'

And Jesus said to him, 'Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee;'

and presently he did receive sight, and was following him, glorifying God; and all the people, having seen, did give praise to God.

and he having hastened did come down, and did receive him rejoicing;

who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.'

and we indeed righteously, for things worthy of what we did we receive back, but this one did nothing out of place;'

to his own things he came, and his own people did not receive him;

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God -- to those believing in his name,

and out of his fulness did we all receive, and grace over-against grace;

Verily, verily, I say to thee -- What we have known we speak, and what we have seen we testify, and our testimony ye do not receive;

John answered and said, 'A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;

'And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;

'But I do not receive testimony from man, but these things I say that ye may be saved;

glory from man I do not receive,

'I have come in the name of my Father, and ye do not receive me; if another may come in his own name, him ye will receive;

Philip answered him, 'Two hundred denaries' worth of loaves are not sufficient to them, that each of them may receive some little;'

they were willing then to receive him into the boat, and immediately the boat came unto the land to which they were going.

if a man doth receive circumcision on a sabbath that the law of Moses may not be broken, are ye wroth with me that I made a man all whole on a sabbath?

and this he said of the Spirit, which those believing in him were about to receive; for not yet was the Holy Spirit, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

and he said -- 'He is a prophet.' The Jews, therefore, did not believe concerning him that he was blind and did receive sight, till that they called the parents of him who received sight,

verily, verily, I say to you, he who is receiving whomsoever I may send, doth receive me; and he who is receiving me, doth receive Him who sent me.'

and if I go on and prepare for you a place, again do I come, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be;

the Spirit of truth, whom the world is not able to receive, because it doth not behold him, nor know him, and ye know him, because he doth remain with you, and shall be in you.

till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

and this having said, he breathed on them, and saith to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit;

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

And these things having said -- they beholding -- he was taken up, and a cloud did receive him up from their sight;

because he was numbered among us, and did receive the share in this ministration,

to receive the share of this ministration and apostleship, from which Judas, by transgression, did fall, to go on to his proper place;'

and Peter said unto them, 'Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,

who, having seen Peter and John about to go into the temple, was begging to receive a kindness.

and he was giving heed to them, looking to receive something from them;

whom it behoveth heaven, indeed, to receive till times of a restitution of all things, of which God spake through the mouth of all His holy prophets from the age.

'This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the messenger who is speaking to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers who did receive the living oracles to give to us;

and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;'

who having come down did pray concerning them, that they may receive the Holy Spirit, --

saying, 'Give also to me this authority, that on whomsoever I may lay the hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.'

to this one do all the prophets testify, that through his name every one that is believing in him doth receive remission of sins.'

Then answered Peter, 'The water is any one able to forbid, that these may not be baptized, who the Holy Spirit did receive -- even as also we?'

And the apostles and the brethren who are in Judea heard that also the nations did receive the word of God,

and they proclaim customs that are not lawful for us to receive nor to do, being Romans.'

and he being minded to go through into Achaia, the brethren wrote to the disciples, having exhorted them to receive him, who having come, did help them much who have believed through the grace,

he said unto them, 'The Holy Spirit did ye receive -- having believed?' and they said unto him, 'But we did not even hear whether there is any Holy Spirit;'

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth us to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

And we having come to Jerusalem, the brethren did gladly receive us,

and I saw him saying to me, Haste and go forth in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me;

always, also, and everywhere we receive it, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness;

unto whom I answered, that it is not a custom of Romans to make a favour of any man to die, before that he who is accused may have the accusers face to face, and may receive place of defence in regard to the charge laid against him.