'Received' in the Bible

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.

But you say, 'If someone tells his father or mother, "Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,"

When those hired about five o'clock came, each received a full day's pay.

And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage.

When they received it, they began to complain against the landowner,

Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work and gained five more.

But the one who had received one talent went out and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money in it.

The one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, saying, 'Sir, you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.'

Then the one who had received the one talent came and said, 'Sir, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed,

Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received my money back with interest!

But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, 'Whatever help you would have received from me is corban' (that is, a gift for God),

For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

"But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already.

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.

But to all who have received him -- those who believe in his name -- he has given the right to become God's children

For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.

No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father."

When he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, "It is completed!" Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

for he was counted as one of us and received a share in this ministry."

So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.

This is the man who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors, and he received living oracles to give to you.

Our ancestors received possession of it and brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our ancestors, until the time of David.

You received the law by decrees given by angels, but you did not obey it."

Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.

"No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?"

When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.

After the city officials had received bail from Jason and the others, they released them.

These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.

But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace.

as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.

They replied, "We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.

Through him we have received grace and our apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.

and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed in their passions for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba, Father."

Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience,

Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God's glory.

Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things that are freely given to us by God.

For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread,

Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand,

For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received -- that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,

For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!

Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one.

Three times I was beaten with a rod. Once I received a stoning. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea.

As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell!

For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.

For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent -- a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.

Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him).

And tell Archippus, "See to it that you complete the ministry you received in the Lord."

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God's message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God's message, which is at work among you who believe.

Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.

They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,

and in one case tithes are received by mortal men, while in the other by him who is affirmed to be alive.

So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood -- for on that basis the people received the law -- what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron's order?

For by it the people of old received God's commendation.

By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son.

and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there.

and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life.

You once were not a people, but now you are God's people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

For he received honor and glory from God the Father, when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory: "This is my dear Son, in whom I am delighted."

Now as for you, the anointing that you received from him resides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, it is true and is not a lie. Just as it has taught you, you reside in him.

just as I have received the right to rule from my Father -- and I will give him the morning star.

Therefore, remember what you received and heard, and obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come against you.

The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive ruling authority as kings with the beast for one hour.

Now the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf -- signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.