"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares." — Hebrews 13:2

Hebrews 13:2 · KJV

“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”

— Hebrews 13:2

Let brotherly love continue.

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; {and} them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

Hebrews 13 — Context

Let brotherly love continue.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; {and} them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

Marriage {is} honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Cross References

Matthew 25:35

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

Genesis 18:1

And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; {plain: Heb. plains}

1 Peter 4:9

Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

Romans 12:13

Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

Matthew 25:43

I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

Matthew 25:40

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done {it} unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done {it} unto me.

Leviticus 19:34

{But} the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I {am} the LORD your God.

1 Kings 17:10-16

So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman {was} there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.