3 Bible Verses about Social Life

They gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with pieces of the five loaves left over from the meal.

They gave a supper for him there; Martha waited on him, and Lazarus was among those who reclined at table beside him.

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.

And Jesus himself met them, saying, "Hail!" So they went up to him and caught hold of his feet and worshipped him;

The angel went in and said to her, "Hail, O favoured one! the Lord be with you!"

It is quite enough to have done as pagans choose to do, during the time gone by! You used to lead lives of sensuality, lust, carousing, revelry, dissipation and illicit idolatry,

envy, [murder], drinking bouts, revelry, and the like; I tell you beforehand as I have told you already, that people who indulge in such practices will never inherit the Realm of God.

but the people would not receive him because his face was turned in the direction of Jerusalem.

if your enemy is hungry, feed him, if he is thirsty, give him drink; for in this way you will make him feel a burning sense of shame.

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

If you really fulfil the royal law laid down by scripture, You must love your neighbour as yourself, well and good;

The second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no other command greater than these."

Love never wrongs a neighbour; that is why love is the fulfilment of the law.

We who are strong ought to bear the burdens that the weak make for themselves and us. We are not to please ourselves. Each of us must please his neighbour, doing him good by building up his faith.

she must have a reputation for good service, as a woman who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved distress, and interested herself in all good works.

Well, for the office of a bishop a man must be above reproach; he must be only married once, he must be temperate, master of himself, unruffled, hospitable, a skilled teacher,

contribute to needy saints, make a practice of hospitality.

he must be hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, a just man, a religious man, and abstemious;

Never forget to be hospitable, for by hospitality some have entertained angels unawares.

Is anyone ill? let him summon the presbyters of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

I was unclothed and you clothed me, I was ill and you looked after me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

So he got up and went off to his father. But when he was still far away his father saw him and felt pity for him and ran to fall upon his neck and kiss him.

Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ salute you.

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.

However, on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced in public to the delight of Herod;

When an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you agree to go, eat whatever is put before you, instead of letting scruples of conscience induce you to ask any questions about it.

Therefore if food is any hindrance to my brother's welfare, sooner than injure him I will never eat flesh as long as I live, never!

"The Realm of heaven," he said, "may be compared to a king who gave a marriage-banquet in honour of his son. He sent his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they would not come. Once more he sent some other servants, saying, 'Tell the invited guests, here is my supper all prepared, my oxen and fat cattle are killed, everything is ready; come to the marriage-banquet.'

So let us stop criticizing one another; rather make up your mind never to put any stumbling-block or hindrance in your brother's way.

Jesus was at table indoors, and many taxgatherers and sinners had come to be guests with him and his disciples.

"When anyone invites you to a marriage-banquet," he said, "never lie down in the best place, in case a more distinguished guest than yourself has been invited; then the host will tell you, 'Make room for him,' and you will proceed in shame to take the lowest place.

All nations he has created from a common origin, to dwell all over the earth, fixing their allotted periods and the boundaries of their abodes,

In the course of their journey he entered a certain village, and a woman called Martha welcomed him to her house.

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.

And glancing at those who were sitting round him in a circle he said, "There are my mother and my brothers!

Now when he entered the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees to take a meal, they watched him closely.

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.

One of the Pharisees asked him to dinner, and entering the house of the Pharisee he reclined at table.

But when they saw this, everyone began to mutter that he had gone to be the guest of a sinner.

and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

Two days later a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee; the mother of Jesus was present,