Hebrews 13:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² Forget not to shew love unto 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

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 by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

Romans 12:13

communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.

1 Peter 4:9

using hospitality one to another without murmuring:

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.

Titus 1:8

but given to hospitality, a lover of good, soberminded, just, holy, temperate;

Job 31:32

The stranger did not lodge in the street; But I opened my doors to the traveller;

Leviticus 19:34

The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the homeborn among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

Matthew 25:40

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

1 Timothy 5:10

well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints' feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.

1 Timothy 3:2

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, soberminded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Romans 16:23

Gaius my host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the treasurer of the city saluteth you, and Quartus the brother.

Isaiah 58:7

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Acts 16:15

And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

Job 31:19

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

2 Kings 4:8

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

Genesis 19:1

And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth;

3 John 1:5

Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;