32 ((A)the sojourner has not lodged in the street;
    I have opened my doors to the traveler),

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32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street,
    for my door was always open to the traveler(A)

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and said, “My lords, (A)please turn aside to your servant's house and spend the night (B)and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way.” They said, (C)“No; we will spend the night in the town square.” But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

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“My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet(A) and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.”

“No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”(B)

But he insisted(C) so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house.(D) He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast,(E) and they ate.(F)

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(A)Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby (B)some have entertained angels unawares.

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Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers,(A) for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.(B)

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20 And the old man said, (A)“Peace be to you; I will care for all your wants. (B)Only, do not spend the night in the square.” 21 So he brought him into his house and gave the donkeys feed. (C)And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.

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20 “You are welcome at my house,” the old man said. “Let me supply whatever you need. Only don’t spend the night in the square.” 21 So he took him into his house and fed his donkeys. After they had washed their feet, they had something to eat and drink.(A)

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(A)Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.

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Offer hospitality(A) to one another without grumbling.(B)

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13 (A)Contribute to the needs of the saints and (B)seek to show hospitality.

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13 Share with the Lord’s people who are in need.(A) Practice hospitality.(B)

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35 For (A)I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you (B)gave me drink, (C)I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

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35 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 invited me in,(A)

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10 and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has (A)shown hospitality, (B)has washed the feet of the saints, has (C)cared for the afflicted, and has (D)devoted herself to every good work.

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10 and is well known for her good deeds,(A) such as bringing up children, showing hospitality,(B) washing the feet(C) of the Lord’s people, helping those in trouble(D) and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.

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44 Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ 45 Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, (A)you did not do it to me.’

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44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’(A)

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40 And (A)the King will answer them, (B)‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these (C)my brothers,[a] you did it to me.’

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 25:40 Or brothers and sisters

40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’(A)

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Is it not (A)to share your bread with the hungry
    and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
    (B)and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

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Is it not to share your food with the hungry(A)
    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter(B)
when you see the naked, to clothe(C) them,
    and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?(D)

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17 or have eaten my morsel alone,
    and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18 (for from my youth the fatherless[a] grew up with me as with a father,
    and from my mother's womb I guided the widow[b]),

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:18 Hebrew he
  2. Job 31:18 Hebrew her

17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless(A)
18 but from my youth I reared them as a father would,
    and from my birth I guided the widow(B)

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15 and they turned aside there, to go in and spend the night at Gibeah. And he went in and sat down in the open square of the city, (A)for no one took them into his house to spend the night.

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15 There they stopped to spend the night.(A) They went and sat in the city square,(B) but no one took them in for the night.

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