32 (A)(But no sojourner had to lodge in the street,
For I have opened my doors to the [a]traveler);

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  1. Job 31:32 So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT road

And he said, “Here now, my lords, please (A)turn in to your servant’s house and spend the night, and (B)wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.”

And they said, (C)“No, but we will spend the night in the open square.”

But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his house. (D)Then he made them a feast, and baked (E)unleavened bread, and they ate.

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(A)Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing (B)some have unwittingly entertained angels.

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20 And the old man said, (A)“Peace be with you! However, let all your needs be my responsibility; (B)only do not spend the night in the open square.” 21 (C)So he brought him into his house, and gave fodder to the donkeys. (D)And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.

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(A)Be hospitable to one another (B)without grumbling.

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13 (A)distributing to the needs of the saints, (B)given[a] to hospitality.

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  1. Romans 12:13 Lit. pursuing

35 (A)for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; (B)I was a stranger and you took Me in;

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10 well reported for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.

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44 “Then they also will answer [a]Him, 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, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, (A)inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’

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  1. Matthew 25:44 NU, M omit Him

40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, (A)inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’

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Is it not (A)to share your bread with the hungry,
And that you bring to your house the poor who are [a]cast out;
(B)When you see the naked, that you cover him,
And not hide yourself from (C)your own flesh?

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  1. Isaiah 58:7 wandering

17 Or eaten my morsel by myself,
So that the fatherless could not eat of it
18 (But from my youth I reared him as a father,
And from my mother’s womb I guided [a]the widow);

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  1. Job 31:18 Lit. her

15 They turned aside there to go in to lodge in Gibeah. And when he went in, he sat down in the open square of the city, for no one would (A)take them into his house to spend the night.

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