Quotes about Openness

You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”

let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:

“What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.

Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.

Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.

For whoever is not against us is for us.

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

No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.

“Do not stop him,” Jesus replied, “for whoever is not against you is for you.”

If you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you.