Hebrews 13:2 “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some…”

Hebrews 13:2

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Be not forgetfull to intertaine strangers: for thereby some haue receiued Angels into their houses vnwares.

Darby Translation

Be not forgetful of hospitality; for by it some have unawares entertained angels.

Young's Literal Translation

of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;

Bible in Basic English

Take care to keep open house: because in this way some have had angels as their guests, without being conscious of it.

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Cross references

“not”

Matthew 25:35 1 Peter 4:9 Romans 12:13 Matthew 25:43 Leviticus 19:34 1 Kings 17:10–16

Matthew 25:35 · BSB

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,

1 Peter 4:9 · BSB

Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

Romans 12:13 · BSB

Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.

Matthew 25:43 · BSB

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 look after Me.’

Leviticus 19:34 · BSB

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.

1 Kings 17:10–16 · BSB

So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”

“some”

Matthew 25:40 Judges 13:15–25 Genesis 18:2–10 Genesis 19:1–3

Matthew 25:40 · BSB

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.’

Judges 13:15–25 · BSB

“Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”

Genesis 18:2–10 · BSB

And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

Genesis 19:1–3 · BSB

Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

Also

Genesis 18:1–19:3

Genesis 18:1–19:3 · BSB

Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Continue in brotherly love.

3Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.

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