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Matthew 25:35
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
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Genesis 18:1-19:3
And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earthand said,“ O Lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant.Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree,while I bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on— since you have come to your servant.” So they said,“ Do as you have said.”And Abraham went quickly into the tent to Sarah and said,“ Quick! Three seahs of fine flour! Knead it, and make cakes.”And Abraham ran to the herd and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to a young man, who prepared it quickly.Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them. And he stood by them under the tree while they ate.They said to him,“ Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said,“ She is in the tent.”The Lord said,“ I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah.So Sarah laughed to herself, saying,“ After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?”The Lord said to Abraham,“ Why did Sarah laugh and say,‘ Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.”But Sarah denied it, saying,“ I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. He said,“ No, but you did laugh.”Then the men set out from there, and they looked down toward Sodom. And Abraham went with them to set them on their way.The Lord said,“ Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”Then the Lord said,“ Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave,I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know.”So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the Lord.Then Abraham drew near and said,“ Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it?Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”And the Lord said,“ If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”Abraham answered and said,“ Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said,“ I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”Again he spoke to him and said,“ Suppose forty are found there.” He answered,“ For the sake of forty I will not do it.”Then he said,“ Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered,“ I will not do it, if I find thirty there.”He said,“ Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there.” He answered,“ For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.”Then he said,“ Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there.” He answered,“ For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.”And the Lord went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earthand said,“ My lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way.” They said,“ No; we will spend the night in the town square.”But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
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1 Peter 4 9
Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.
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Romans 12:13
Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.
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Titus 1:8
but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
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1 Kings 17 10-1 Kings 17 16
So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said,“ Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.”And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said,“ Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”And she said,“ As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.”And Elijah said to her,“ Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son.For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,‘ The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.’”And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days.The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.
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Job 31:32
( the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler),
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1 Timothy 3 2
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
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Matthew 25:43
I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’
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Romans 16:23
Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.
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Deuteronomy 10:18-19
He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
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1 Timothy 5 10
and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work.
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Acts 16:15
And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying,“ If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
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Judges 13:15-25
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord,“ Please let us detain you and prepare a young goat for you.”And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah,“ If you detain me, I will not eat of your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, then offer it to the Lord.”( For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the Lord.)And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord,“ What is your name, so that, when your words come true, we may honor you?”And the angel of the Lord said to him,“ Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?”So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord, to the one who works wonders, and Manoah and his wife were watching.And when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar. Now Manoah and his wife were watching, and they fell on their faces to the ground.The angel of the Lord appeared no more to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the Lord.And Manoah said to his wife,“ We shall surely die, for we have seen God.”But his wife said to him,“ If the Lord had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering at our hands, or shown us all these things, or now announced to us such things as these.”And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him.And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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Matthew 25:40
And the King will answer them,‘ Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
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Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
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Leviticus 19:34
You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
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Job 31:19
if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or the needy without covering,
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2 Kings 4 8
One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food.
