'Welcome' in the Bible
The ones on the stony ground are the people who joyfully welcome the word when they hear it. But since they don't have any roots, they believe for a while, but in a time of testing they fall away.
if people don't welcome you, when you leave that city, shake its dust off your feet as a testimony against them."
But the people would not welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.
"Whenever you go into a town and the people welcome you, eat whatever they serve you,
But whenever you go into a town and people don't welcome you, go out into its streets and say,
I know what I'll do so that people will welcome me into their homes when I'm dismissed from my job.'
"I'm telling you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails, they will welcome you into eternal homes.
Zacchaeus came down quickly and was glad to welcome him into his home.