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8/10 · strong
1 Continue in brotherly love. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it. 3 Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them. 4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers. 5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.” 6 So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
6/10 · good
9 And through compassion I shared my catch with every stranger. (T12) 10 And if a man were a stranger, or sick, or aged, I boiled the fish, and dressed them well, and offered them to all men, as every man had need, grieving with and having compassion upon them. (T12) 11 Wherefore also the Lord satisfied me with abundance of fish when catching fish; for he that shareth with his neighbour receiveth manifold more from the Lord. (T12)
4/10 · fair
31 if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’— 32 but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—
4/10 · fair
8 Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9 Show hospitality to one another without complaining. 10 As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.
4/10 · fair
22 Better is the life of a poor man under a shelter of logs than sumptuous fare in another man’s house. (WEB) 23 With little or with much, be well satisfied. (WEB) 24 It is a miserable life to go from house to house. Where you are a guest, you dare not open your mouth. (WEB) 25 You will entertain, serve drinks, and have no thanks. In addition to this, you will hear bitter words. (WEB) 26 “Come here, you sojourner, set a table, and if you have anything in your hand, feed me with it.” (WEB) 27 “Leave, you sojourner, for an honored guest is here. My brother has come to be my guest. I need my house.” (WEB) 28 These things are grievous to a man of understanding: The scolding about lodging and the insults of creditors. (WEB)
4/10 · fair
13 Punishments came upon the sinners, not without the signs that were given beforehand by the violence of the thunder, for they justly suffered through their own wickednesses, for the hatred which they practiced toward guests was grievous indeed. (WEB) 14 For while the others didn’t receive the strangers when they came to them, the Egyptians made slaves of guests who were their benefactors. (WEB) 15 And not only so, but while punishment of some sort will come upon the former, since they received as enemies those who were aliens; (WEB) 16 because these first welcomed with feastings, and then afflicted with dreadful toils, those who had already shared with them in the same rights. (WEB) 17 And moreover they were stricken with loss of sight (even as were those others at the righteous man’s doors), when, being surrounded with yawning darkness, they each looked for the passage through his own door. (WEB)
4/10 · fair
7 if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; 8 if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully. 9 Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another. 11 Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer. 13 Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality. 14 Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
5/10 · good
33 When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him. 34 You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
5/10 · good
35 For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, 36 I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’ 40 And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’ 41 Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’ 44 And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’
4/10 · fair
34 Receive a stranger into your house, and he will distract you with arguments and estrange you from your own family. (WEB)