Hebrews 13:2

Do not neglect to show hospitality; for, through being hospitable, people have all unawares entertained angels.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Let your love for the Lord’s followers continue.

3Remember the prisoners, as if you were their fellow prisoners, and the oppressed, not forgetting that you also are still in the body.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:40And the king will reply ‘I tell you, as often as you did it to one of these my brothers or sisters, however unimportant they seemed, you did it to me.’

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 13:2-18

Various Duties. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. 4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee,… Read the whole commentary →

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