Hebrews 13:2

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Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing this, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

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  • Matt 25:35 : 35 For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;
  • Rom 12:13 : 13 Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.
  • Gen 18:1-19:3 : 1 The LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre as he was sitting at the entrance of the tent during the heat of the day. 2 Looking up, he saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed down to the ground. 3 He said, 'My Lord, if I have found favor in Your sight, please do not pass by Your servant.' 4 Let a little water be brought so you can wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. 5 And let me get a piece of bread so you may refresh yourselves, and after that, you may go on your way—since you have come to your servant. And they said, 'Very well, do as you have said.' 6 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, 'Quickly prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread.' 7 Then Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and good calf, and gave it to a servant, who hastened to prepare it. 8 He then brought curds, milk, and the calf he had prepared, and set them before the men. While they ate, he stood near them under the tree. 9 They asked him, 'Where is your wife Sarah?' He replied, 'There, in the tent.' 10 Then one of them said, 'I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.' Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well along in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. 12 So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, 'After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?' 13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, 'Why did Sarah laugh, saying, “Can I really bear a child when I am old?”' 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son. 15 But Sarah denied it, saying, 'I did not laugh,' because she was afraid. But He replied, 'No, you did laugh.' 16 When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked with them to see them off. 17 Then the LORD said, 'Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?' 18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all nations of the earth will be blessed. 19 For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what He has promised him. 20 Then the LORD said, 'The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very grave. 21 'I will go down now and see if what they have done matches the outcry that has come to Me. If not, I will know.' 22 The men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD. 23 Then Abraham approached Him and said, 'Will You sweep away the righteous with the wicked?' 24 'Suppose there are fifty righteous people within the city. Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are there?' 25 'Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?' 26 The LORD replied, 'If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the entire place for their sake.' 27 Then Abraham answered, 'I have ventured to speak to the Lord, though I am but dust and ashes. 28 'Suppose the fifty righteous people lack five. Will You destroy the entire city for lack of five?' He replied, 'If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.' 29 Once again Abraham spoke to Him, 'What if forty are found there?' He answered, 'For the sake of forty, I will not do it.' 30 Then Abraham said, 'May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if thirty are found there?' He replied, 'I will not do it if I find thirty there.' 31 Abraham said, 'Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there.' He answered, 'For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.' 32 Finally, he said, 'May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if ten are found there?' He answered, 'For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.' 33 When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned to his place. 1 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the city gate. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. 2 He said, "Please, my lords, turn aside to your servant’s house. Spend the night and wash your feet; then you can rise early and be on your way." But they said, "No, we will spend the night in the square." 3 But Lot insisted strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking unleavened bread, and they ate.
  • 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
  • Titus 1:8 : 8 But he must be hospitable, a lover of what is good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
  • Rom 16:23 : 23 Gaius, who is hosting me and the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and Quartus, our brother, also greet you.
  • 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 Therefore, an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
  • 1 Kgs 17:10-16 : 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. When he reached the city gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and said, "Please bring me a little water in a vessel so I may drink." 11 As she was going to fetch it, he called to her and said, "Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand as well." 12 But she replied, "As the LORD your God lives, I have nothing baked. I only have a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I am gathering a couple of sticks to go and prepare it for myself and my son so we may eat it and then die." 13 Elijah said to her, "Do not be afraid. Go and do as you have said, but first make a small cake for me from what you have and bring it to me. Then make some for yourself and your son." 14 For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'The jar of flour will not run out, and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the earth.' 15 She went and did according to what Elijah said, and she, Elijah, and her household ate for many days. 16 The jar of flour was not used up, and the jug of oil did not run dry, as the word of the LORD which He spoke through Elijah had declared.
  • Job 31:32 : 32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler—
  • Isa 58:7 : 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and to bring the homeless poor into your house? When you see the naked, clothe them, and do not hide yourself from your own flesh and blood.
  • Lev 19:34 : 34 Treat the foreigner residing among you as your native-born and love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
  • Deut 10:18-19 : 18 He ensures justice for the fatherless and the widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing. 19 You are also to love the foreigner, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 and is well known for her good works: if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in affliction, and devoted herself to every good work.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did it for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
  • Matt 25:43 : 43 I was a stranger, and you did not take me in; I was naked, and you did not clothe me; I was sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.’
  • Acts 16:15 : 15 After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, 'If you consider me faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my house.' And she persuaded us.
  • Judg 13:15-25 : 15 Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, "Please stay here, and we will prepare a young goat for you." 16 The angel of the Lord said to Manoah, "Even if you detain me, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to the Lord." (Manoah did not know he was an angel of the Lord.) 17 Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, "What is your name, so that we may honor you when your words come true?" 18 The angel of the Lord said to him, "Why do you ask my name? It is beyond understanding." 19 So Manoah took the young goat and the grain offering and offered them on a rock to the Lord, and He did a wondrous thing while Manoah and his wife watched. 20 When the flame rose from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell facedown to the ground. 21 The angel of the Lord did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. Then Manoah realized that he was the angel of the Lord. 22 Manoah said to his wife, "We are sure to die, because we have seen God!" 23 But his wife said to him, "If the Lord had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor shown us all these things, nor let us hear such things now." 24 The woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the Lord blessed him. 25 The Spirit of the Lord began to stir him while he was in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
  • 2 Kgs 4:8 : 8 One day, Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he passed by, he would stop there to eat.
  • Job 31:19 : 19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or the needy without garments,

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