'Welcome' in the Bible

You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right;they remember You in Your ways.But we have sinned, and You were angry.How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that house or town.

But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop: 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”

If any place does not welcome you and people refuse to listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

“Whoever welcomes one little child such as this in My name welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me does not welcome Me, but Him who sent Me.”

I assure you: Whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear, welcome the word with joy. Having no root, these believe for a while and depart in a time of testing.

If they do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”

But they did not welcome Him, because He determined to journey to Jerusalem.

When you enter any town, and they welcome you, eat the things set before you.

When you enter any town, and they don’t welcome you, go out into its streets and say,

I know what I’ll do so that when I’m removed from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous money so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.

I assure you: Whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

I know you are descendants of Abraham, but you are trying to kill Me because My word is not welcome among you.

Heaven must welcome Him until the times of the restoration of all things, which God spoke about by the mouth of His holy prophets from the beginning.

When he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers wrote to the disciples urging them to welcome him. After he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace.

And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who announce the gospel of good things!

So you should welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints and assist her in whatever matter she may require your help. For indeed she has been a benefactor of many—and of me also.

But the unbeliever does not welcome what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated spiritually.

Therefore, come out from among themand be separate, says the Lord;do not touch any unclean thing,and I will welcome you.

Therefore, welcome him in the Lord with all joy and hold men like him in honor,

But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you provided—a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, as does Mark, Barnabas’s cousin (concerning whom you have received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him),

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home, and don’t say, “Welcome,” to him;

for the one who says, “Welcome,” to him shares in his evil works.

This is why, if I come, I will remind him of the works he is doing, slandering us with malicious words. And he is not satisfied with that! He not only refuses to welcome the brothers himself, but he even stops those who want to do so and expels them from the church.