"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."
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And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
Take care to keep open house: because in this way some have had angels as their guests, without being conscious of it.
Be not forgetful of hospitality; for by it some have unawares entertained angels.
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for by this some have entertained angels unawares.
Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.
of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;