Acts 16:15

Good News Translation

After she and the people of her house had been baptized, she invited us, “Come and stay in my house if you have decided that I am a true believer in the Lord.” And she persuaded us to go.

Cross References

Genesis 19:3

He kept on urging them, and finally they went with him to his house. Lot ordered his servants to bake some bread and prepare a fine meal for the guests. When it was ready, they ate it.

Genesis 33:11

Please accept this gift which I have brought for you; God has been kind to me and given me everything I need.” Jacob kept on urging him until he accepted.

2 Kings 4:8

One day Elisha went to Shunem, where a rich woman lived. She invited him to a meal, and from then on every time he went to Shunem he would have his meals at her house.

Matthew 10:41

Whoever welcomes God's messenger because he is God's messenger, will share in his reward. And whoever welcomes a good man because he is good, will share in his reward.

Matthew 3:6

They confessed their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan.

Luke 14:23

So the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the country roads and lanes and make people come in, so that my house will be full.

Luke 24:29

but they held him back, saying, “Stay with us; the day is almost over and it is getting dark.” So he went in to stay with them.

Acts 11:14

He will speak words to you by which you and all your family will be saved.’

Acts 16:31

They answered, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your family.”

Acts 16:33

At that very hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; and he and all his family were baptized at once.

Acts 16:34

Then he took Paul and Silas up into his house and gave them some food to eat. He and his family were filled with joy, because they now believed in God.

Acts 18:8

Crispus, who was the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with all his family; and many other people in Corinth heard the message, believed, and were baptized.

Acts 8:12

But when they believed Philip's message about the good news of the Kingdom of God and about Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

Acts 8:38

The official ordered the carriage to stop, and both Philip and the official went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

Romans 16:23

My host Gaius, in whose house the church meets, sends you his greetings; Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I am acting like a fool—but you have made me do it. You are the ones who ought to show your approval of me. For even if I am nothing, I am in no way inferior to those very special “apostles” of yours.

2 Corinthians 5:14

We are ruled by the love of Christ, now that we recognize that one man died for everyone, which means that they all share in his death.

Galatians 6:10

So then, as often as we have the chance, we should do good to everyone, and especially to those who belong to our family in the faith.

Ephesians 1:1

From Paul, who by God's will is an apostle of Christ Jesus— To God's people in Ephesus, who are faithful in their life in union with Christ Jesus:

Philippians 1:7

You are always in my heart! And so it is only right for me to feel as I do about you. For you have all shared with me in this privilege that God has given me, both now that I am in prison and also while I was free to defend the gospel and establish it firmly.

Philemon 1:17

So, if you think of me as your partner, welcome him back just as you would welcome me.

Hebrews 13:2

Remember to welcome strangers in your homes. There were some who did that and welcomed angels without knowing it.

1 Peter 5:12

I write you this brief letter with the help of Silas, whom I regard as a faithful Christian. I want to encourage you and give my testimony that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.

2 John 1:10

So then, if some come to you who do not bring this teaching, do not welcome them in your homes; do not even say, “Peace be with you.”

3 John 1:5

My dear friend, you are so faithful in the work you do for other Christians, even when they are strangers.

3 John 1:8

We Christians, then, must help these people, so that we may share in their work for the truth.

1 Samuel 28:23

Saul refused and said he would not eat anything. But his officers also urged him to eat. He finally gave in, got up from the ground, and sat on the bed.