Acts 16:15

New International Reader's Version

She and her family were baptized. Then she invited us to her home. “Do you consider me a believer in the Lord?” she asked. “If you do, come and stay at my house.” She succeeded in getting us to go home with her.

Cross References

Genesis 19:3

But Lot wouldn’t give up. So they went with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them. He baked bread without using yeast. And they ate.

Genesis 33:11

Please accept the present that was brought to you. God has given me so much. I have everything I need.” Jacob wouldn’t give in. So Esau accepted it.

2 Kings 4:8

One day Elisha went to the town of Shunem. A rich woman lived there. She begged him to stay and have a meal. So every time he came by, he stopped there to eat.

Matthew 10:41

Suppose someone welcomes a prophet as a prophet. They will receive a prophet’s reward. And suppose someone welcomes a godly person as a godly person. They will receive a godly person’s reward.

Matthew 3:6

When they confessed their sins, John baptized them in the Jordan.

Luke 14:23

“Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads. Go out to the country lanes. Make the people come in. I want my house to be full.

Luke 24:29

But they tried hard to keep him from leaving. They said, “Stay with us. It is nearly evening. The day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.

Acts 11:14

He has a message to bring to you. You and your whole family will be saved through it.’

Acts 16:31

They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus. Then you and everyone living in your house will be saved.”

Acts 16:33

At that hour of the night, the jailer took Paul and Silas and washed their wounds. Right away he and everyone who lived with him were baptized.

Acts 16:34

The jailer brought them into his house. He set a meal in front of them. He and everyone who lived with him were filled with joy. They had become believers in God.

Acts 18:8

Crispus was the synagogue leader. He and everyone living in his house came to believe in the Lord. Many others who lived in Corinth heard Paul. They too believed and were baptized.

Acts 8:12

But Philip announced the good news of God’s kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ. So men and women believed and were baptized.

Acts 8:38

He gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the official went down into the water. Philip baptized him.

Romans 16:23

Gaius sends you his greetings. He has welcomed me and the whole church here into his house. Erastus is the director of public works here in the city. He sends you his greetings. Our brother Quartus also greets you.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have made a fool of myself. But you made me do it. You should have praised me. Even though I am nothing, I am in no way less important than the “super-apostles.”

2 Corinthians 5:14

Christ’s love controls us. We are sure that one person died for everyone. And so everyone died.

Galatians 6:10

So when we can do good to everyone, let us do it. Let’s try even harder to do good to the family of believers.

Ephesians 1:1

I, Paul, am writing this letter. I am an apostle of Christ Jesus just as God planned. I am sending this letter to you, God’s holy people in Ephesus. Because you belong to Christ Jesus, you are faithful.

Philippians 1:7

It is right for me to feel this way about all of you. I love you with all my heart. I may be held by chains, or I may be standing up for the truth of the good news. Either way, all of you share in God’s grace together with me.

Philemon 1:17

Do you think of me as a believer who works together with you? Then welcome Onesimus as you would welcome me.

Hebrews 13:2

Don’t forget to welcome outsiders. By doing that, some people have welcomed angels without knowing it.

1 Peter 5:12

I consider Silas to be a faithful brother. With his help I have written you this short letter. I have written it to encourage you. And I have written to speak the truth about the true grace of God. Remain strong in it.

2 John 1:10

Suppose someone comes to you and doesn’t teach these truths. Then don’t take them into your house or welcome them.

3 John 1:5

Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters. You are faithful even though they are strangers to you.

3 John 1:8

So we should welcome people like them. We should work together with them for the truth.

1 Samuel 28:23

But he refused. He said, “I don’t want anything to eat.” Then his men joined the woman in begging him to eat. Finally, he paid attention to them. He got up from the ground and sat on a couch.