34 Bible Verses about Hospitality, Examples Of
Most Relevant Verses
Jesus was at table indoors, and many taxgatherers and sinners had come to be guests with him and his disciples.
Now Levi was at table in his own house, and he had many taxgatherers and sinners as guests along with Jesus and his disciples ??for there were many of them among his followers.
Levi held a great banquet for him in his house; there was a large company present of taxgatherers and others who were guests along with them.
On entering the house of Peter, Jesus noticed his mother-in-law was down with fever, so he touched her hand; the fever left her and she rose and ministered to him.
On leaving the synagogue they went straight to the house of Simon and Andrew, accompanied by James and John. Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with fever, so they told him at once about her, and he went up to her and taking her hand made her rise; the fever left her at once and she ministered to them.
When he got up to leave the synagogue he went to the house of Simon. Simon's mother-in-law was laid up with a severe attack of fever, so they asked him about her; he stood over her and checked the fever, and it left her. Then she instantly got up and ministered to them.
Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of expensive perfume which she poured over his head as he lay at table.
Now when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, lying at table, a woman came up with an alabaster flask of pure nard perfume, which had cost a great sum; the flask she broke and poured the perfume over his head.
Six days before the festival, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus stayed (whom Jesus had raised from the dead). They gave a supper for him there; Martha waited on him, and Lazarus was among those who reclined at table beside him. Then Mary, taking a pound of expensive perfume, real nard, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair, till the house was filled with the scent of the perfume.
One of the Pharisees asked him to dinner, and entering the house of the Pharisee he reclined at table.
In the course of their journey he entered a certain village, and a woman called Martha welcomed him to her house.
Now when he entered the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees to take a meal, they watched him closely.
But when Jesus reached the spot he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down at once, for I must stay at your house to-day." He came down at once and welcomed him gladly. But when they saw this, everyone began to mutter that he had gone to be the guest of a sinner.
but they pressed him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is getting towards evening and the day has now declined." So he went in to stay with them.
Whatever town or village you go into, find out a deserving inhabitant and stay with him till you leave. When you enter the house, salute it;
Also, he told them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there till you leave the place.
Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this household!' Then, if there is a soul there breathing peace, your peace will rest on him; otherwise it will come back to you. Stay at the same house, eating and drinking what the people provide (for the workman deserves his wages); you are not to shift from one house to another.
You must send to Joppa and summon Simon who is surnamed Peter; he is staying in the house of Simon a tanner beside the sea.'
And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they begged him to remain for some days.
When she was baptized, along with her household, she begged us, saying, "If you are convinced I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." She compelled us to come.
He took them up to his house and put food before them, overjoyed like all his household at having believed in God.
There he came across a Jew called Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently arrived from Italy with his wife Priscilla, as Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul accosted them, and as he belonged to the same trade he stayed with them and they all worked together. (They were workers in leather by trade.)
and started next morning for Caesarea, where we entered the house of Philip the evangelist (he belonged to the Seven,
accompanied by some of the disciples from Caesarea, who conducted us to the house of Mnason, a Cypriote, with whom we were to lodge. He was a disciple of old standing.
The natives showed us uncommon kindness, for they lit a fire and welcomed us all to it, as the rain had come on and it was chilly.
There was an estate in the neighbourhood which belonged to a man called Publius, the governor of the island; he welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
Gaius, my host and the host of the church at large salutes you. Erastus the city-treasurer salutes you; so does brother Quartus.
The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Prisca, with the church that meets in their house, salute you warmly in the Lord.
Day after day they resorted with one accord to the temple and broke bread together in their own homes; they ate with a glad and simple heart,
Salute Prisca and Aquila, my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus, who have risked their lives for me; I thank them, and not only I but all the Gentile churches as well. Also, salute the church that meets in their house. Salute my beloved Epaenetus, the first in Asia to be reaped for Christ.
Salute the brothers at Laodicea, also Nympha and the church which meets at her house.
He sent messengers in front of him. They went and entered a Samaritan village to make preparations for him, but the people would not receive him because his face was turned in the direction of Jerusalem.
