18 Bible Verses about Hospitality

administer to the necessities of the saints; be careful to entertain strangers;

Be hospitable, one to another, without murmuring.

A bishop, then, must be blame less, the husband of one wife, watchful, soberminded, modest, hospitable, able to teach,

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sober-minded, just, holy, temperate,

having a good reputation for good works; if she has borne children, if she has entertained strangers, if she has washed the saints feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for, by this means, some have unconsciously entertained angels.

But when you make a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind;

If, therefore, your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by doing this, you will heap coals of fire on his head.

and you shall be blessed; for they have no power to repay you; but you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.

And when she and her household had been immersed, she be sought us, saying: If you judge me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and make it your home. And she con strained us.

And he brought them into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced, believing in God, with all his house.

On the following day we departed, and came to Caesarea, and went into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven; and we remained with him.

And the barbarians showed us no ordinary kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the rain which was falling, and because of the cold.

Among the estates about that place were those of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius, who took us to his house, and, for three days, entertained us kindly.