But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.
But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate.
One day Elisha went to Shunem. And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat.
“Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther.
When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them.
One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.