Hebrews 13:2 - Revised Standard Version CI

² Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Do not forget or neglect or refuse to extend hospitality to strangers [in the brotherhood–being friendly, cordial, and gracious, sharing the comforts of your home and doing your part generously], for through it some have entertained angels without knowing it. [Gen. 18:1-8; 19:1-3.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² Forget not to show love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Common English Bible

² Don’t neglect to open up your homes to guests, because by doing this some have been hosts to angels without knowing it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And do not be willing to forget hospitality. For by it, certain persons, without realizing it, have received Angels as guests.

Hebrews 13:2 Cross References

Genesis 18:1

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.

Genesis 19:1

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 earth,

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.

Job 31:19

if I have seen any one perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without covering;

Job 31:32

(the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the wayfarer);

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?

Leviticus 19:34

The stranger who sojourns with you shall be to 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.

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,

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 brethren, you did it to me.’

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.’

Acts 16:15

And when she was baptized, with her household, she besought us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.

Romans 12:13

Contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality.

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.

1 Timothy 3:2

Now a bishop must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, dignified, hospitable, an apt teacher,

1 Timothy 5:10

and she must be well attested for her good deeds, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.

Titus 1:8

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, upright, holy, and self-controlled;

1 Peter 4:9

Practice hospitality ungrudgingly to one another.

3 John 1:5

Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,