Lexicon :: Strong's G1209 - dechomai

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

“The one who welcomes you welcomes me, and the one who welcomes me welcomes him who sent me.

“And if you’re willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who is to come.

“And whoever welcomes[fn] one child like this in my name welcomes me.

“If any place does not welcome you or listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”[fn]

“Whoever welcomes[fn] one little child such as this in my name welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me does not welcome me, but him who sent me.”

“Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive[fn] the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

Simeon took him up in his arms, praised God, and said,

“And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. Having no root, these believe for a while and fall away 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.”

He told them, “Whoever welcomes[fn] this little child in my name welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me welcomes him who sent me. For whoever is least among you ​— ​this one is great.”

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.’

“ ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he said.

“ ‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

“And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of worldly wealth[fn] so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.

“Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks, he said, “Take this and share it among yourselves.

When they entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen everything he did in Jerusalem during the festival. For they also had gone to the festival.

“Heaven must receive him until the time of the restoration of all things, which God spoke about through his holy prophets from the beginning.

“He is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors. He received living oracles to give to us.

While they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit! ”

When the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

The apostles and the brothers and sisters who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

The people here were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, since they received the word with eagerness and examined[fn] the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

“as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. After I received letters from them to the brothers, I traveled to Damascus to arrest those who were there and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

Then they said to him, “We haven’t received any letters about you from Judea. None of the brothers has come and reported or spoken anything evil about you.

But the person without the Spirit[fn] does not receive what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated[fn] spiritually.

Working together with him, we also appeal to you, “Don’t receive the grace of God in vain.”

And his affection toward you is even greater as he remembers the obedience of all of you, and how you received him with fear and trembling.

For he welcomed our appeal and, being very diligent, went out to you by his own choice.

For if a person comes and preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or you receive a different spirit, which you had not received, or a different gospel, which you had not accepted, you put up with it splendidly!

I repeat: Let no one consider me a fool. But if you do, at least accept me as a fool so that I can also boast a little.

You did not despise or reject me though my physical condition was a trial for you.[fn] On the contrary, you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus himself.

Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit ​— ​which is the word of God.

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

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

and you yourselves became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message with joy from the Holy Spirit.

This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also works effectively in you who believe.

and with every wicked deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.

By faith Rahab the prostitute welcomed the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed.

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent,[fn] humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.