Thematic Bible: Advices to
Thematic Bible
Guests » Advices to » Anointing of
Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume.
And those men who have been named went up and took the prisoners, clothing those among them who were uncovered, with things from the goods which had been taken in the war, and putting robes on them and shoes on their feet; and they gave them food and drink and oil for their bodies, and seating all the feeble among them on asses, they took them to Jericho, the town of palm-trees, to their people, and then went back to Samaria.
Guests » Advices to » Not to be critical of food
If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong.
Guests » Advices to » Not to prolong visits
Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.
Guests » Advices to » Not to seek social pre-eminence
When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming, And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.