10 Bible Verses About Welcoming Guests

Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

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 he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that were with him.

And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph’s house.

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

And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.