The man said, "Let me go; daylight is coming." "I won't, unless you bless me," Jacob answered.

Always remember what you have learned. Your education is your life---guard it well.

As soon as I left them, I found him. I held him and wouldn't let him go until I took him to my mother's house, to the room where I was born.

You are Israel's only hope; you are the one who saves us from disaster. Why are you like a stranger in our land, like a traveler who stays for only one night?

The man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus, "Let me go with you." But Jesus sent him away, saying,

She had a sister named Mary, who sat down at the feet of the Lord and listened to his teaching.

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.

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.

When Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to Zacchaeus, "Hurry down, Zacchaeus, because I must stay in your house today."

All the people who saw it started grumbling, "This man has gone as a guest to the home of a sinner!"

Jesus said to him, "Salvation has come to this house today, for this man, also, is a descendant of Abraham.

In our work together with God, then, we beg you who have received God's grace not to let it be wasted.

Hear what God says: "When the time came for me to show you favor, I heard you; when the day arrived for me to save you, I helped you." Listen! This is the hour to receive God's favor; today is the day to be saved!

Listen! I stand at the door and knock; if any hear my voice and open the door, I will come into their house and eat with them, and they will eat with me.