The best Bible verses for hospitality (MSG) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for hospitality (MSG), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Be ready with a meal or a bed when it's needed. Why, some have extended hospitality to angels without ever knowing it!"Hebrews 13:2
"Be ready with a meal or a bed when it's needed. Why, some have extended hospitality to angels without ever knowing it!"Hebrews 13:2
"And here's why: I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me a drink, I was homeless and you gave me a room,"Matthew 25:35
"Invite some people who never get invited out, the misfits from the wrong side of the tracks."Luke 14:13
"Treat the foreigner the same as a native. Love him like one of your own. Remember that you were once foreigners in Egypt. I am God, your God."Leviticus 19:34
"So they deserve any support we can give them. In providing meals and a bed, we become their companions in spreading the Truth."3 John 1:8
"They followed a daily discipline of worship in the Temple followed by meals at home, every meal a celebration, exuberant and joyful,"Acts 2:46
"What I'm interested in seeing you do is: sharing your food with the hungry, inviting the homeless poor into your homes, putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad, being available to your own families."Isaiah 58:7
"But there are preconditions: A leader must be well-thought-of, committed to his wife, cool and collected, accessible, and hospitable. He must know what he's talking about,"1 Timothy 3:2
"He gave him first aid, disinfecting and bandaging his wounds. Then he lifted him onto his donkey, led him to an inn, and made him comfortable."Luke 10:34
Occasions ask something specific of scripture. A verse chosen for hospitality (MSG) is usually going to be read aloud, printed in a program, or spoken to someone at a moment they will remember for a long time — which rules out passages that need three sentences of setup before they land.
These 15 are the verses most often chosen for hospitality (MSG), and they are chosen for good reason: each one makes sense on first hearing, carries its meaning without commentary, and speaks to the moment rather than around it.
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The most-cited Bible verses for hospitality (MSG) are Hebrews 13:2, 1 Peter 4:9, Romans 12:13. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to hospitality (MSG) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for hospitality (MSG), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.