Hebrews 13:2 Cross References - Thomson

² Be not unmindful of hospitality; for by this some have unknowingly entertained angels.

¹ Again God appeared to him at the Oak grove of Mambre. As he was sitting at the door of his tent at noon, ² he raised his eyes and looked, and lo! three men stood above him. And when he saw them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent; and having made obeisance to the ground, ³ he said, My Lord, if I have found favour in thy sight, pass not by thy servant.

¹ Now in the evening the two angels came to Sodom, and Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom, and upon seeing them, Lot arose to meet them, and made obeisance with his face to the ground, ² and said, I intreat you, my lords, turn aside to the house of your servant and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and rising early in the morning, you may proceed on your journey. And they said, No, we will lodge in the street. ³ Then he pressed them, and they went home with him. And when they came to his house, he made an entertainment for them; and baked for them unleavened cakes, and they did eat.

³⁴ The stranger who cometh to you, shall be as one born among you; and thou shalt love him as thyself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God;

¹⁸ He administereth justice to the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. ¹⁹ Love ye therefore the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

¹⁵ Then Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain thee here till we set before thee a kid of the goats. ¹⁶ And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, Though thou detain me I cannot eat of thy victuals; but if thou wouldst offer a whole burnt offering, offer it to the Lord. Because Manoe did not know that he was an angel of the Lord, ¹⁷ therefore Manoe said to him, What is thy name, that when thy word cometh to pass we may honour thee? ¹⁸ And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, Why askest thou my name? It is indeed Wonderful. ¹⁹ Then Manoe took the kid of the goats, with the sacrifice of flour, and carried them up upon the rock for the Lord. And he went apart to offer the sacrifice, while Manoe and his wife were looking on. ²⁰ And when the flame ascended above the altar, up towards heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. When Manoe and his wife saw this, they fell flat with their face to the ground. ²¹ And as the angel of the Lord no more appeared to Manoe and his wife, Manoe then knew that he was an angel of the Lord; ²² whereupon he said to his wife, We shall surely die, for we have seen God. ²³ But his wife said to him, Had it been the will of the Lord to cause us to die, he would not have received at our hand a whole burnt offering, and a sacrifice; nor would he have shewed us all these things; nor would he, as on this occasion, have caused us to hear these things. ²⁴ So the woman bore a son, and called his name Sampson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him; ²⁵ and the Spirit of the Lord began to go out with him, at the camp of Dan, between Saraa and Esthaol.

¹⁰ So he arose and went to Sarepta, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold there was there a widow woman gathering sticks. And Elias cried after her, and said to her, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water that I may drink. ¹¹ And as she was going to fetch it, Elias called after her and said, Bring me I pray thee a morsel of bread in thy hand. ¹² Whereupon the woman said, as the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake baked and only about a handful of barley meal in the jar and a little oil in the vessel; and behold I was picking up a few sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my children, that we may eat and die. ¹³ And Elias said to her, Take courage, go in and do as thou hast said, but make for me a little cake of it, and bring it out first to me, and afterwards thou shalt make for thyself and thy children. ¹⁴ For thus saith the Lord, The jar of meal shall not fail, nor shall the vessel of oil diminish, until the Lord shall send rain on the land. ¹⁵ So the woman went and did so. And though she and her children ate ¹⁶ yet the jar of meal did not fail, nor was two oil in the vessel diminished, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by Elias.

⁸ It happened also that one day when Elisha went to Soman, a woman of rank there prevailed on him to eat bread. So as oft as he went thither he called in to eat.

¹⁹ If I have seen the naked perishing and have not clothed them;

³² [indeed the stranger lodged not in the street, and my door was open to every comer:]

⁷ deal out thy bread to the hungry, and take into thy house the poor who have no shelter; if thou seest one naked, clothe him, and look not scornfully on dependants of thy race;

³⁵ for I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you lodged me;

⁴⁰ And the king in reply will say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as you have done this to one of these my brethren, even the least, you have done it to me.

⁴³ I was a stranger, and you did not lodge me; naked, and you did not clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me.

¹⁵ And when she and her household were baptized, she intreated us saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord come and lodge at my house. So she prevailed upon us.

¹³ administering to the wants of the saints; cultivating hospitality:

²³ Gaius, who entertaineth me and the whole congregation, saluteth you. Erastus, the chamberlain of the city, saluteth you: so doth Quartus the brother.

² The overseer therefore ought to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, well behaved, hospitable, qualified to teach,

¹⁰ is she eminent for good works? Hath she brought up children? Hath she exercised hospitality? Hath she washed the feet of the saints? Hath she assisted the afflicted? Hath she been assiduous to perform every good work?

⁸ but a lover of hospitality, a lover of goodness, sober, just, holy, temperate,

⁹ Be hospitable to one another without grudging.