Bible Verses About Welcoming guests

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

And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.

Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

And when ye come into an house, salute it.

And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;

And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:

And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.

So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.

Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;

And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.

And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.

And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,

And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?

And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?

And the morrow after they entered into Cesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.

And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:

For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.

And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;

And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.

Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.