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TexasProgresive

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33. Here's a non-inclusive list of Bible quotes on hospitality to strangers
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 11:35 AM
Feb 2017

Then there is the coming of Jacob and sons to Egypt during the famine.

* Deuteronomy 10: 19 You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
* Leviticus 19:34 The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
* Matthew 5:43-44 You have heard that it was said, ‘you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy’. But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you.
* Matthew 25:40 Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of my brethren you did it to me.
* Romans 13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
* Romans 13:10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor, therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
* Acts 10:34 Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
* Revelation 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “See the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them as their God; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them.”
* 3 John 1:5 Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the friends, even though they are strangers to you; they have testified to your love before the church. You do well to send them on in a manner worthy of God; for they began their journey for the sake of Christ, accepting no support from non-believers. Therefore we ought to support such people, so that they may become co-workers with the truth.
* Luke 10:27 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.
* Hebrews 13: 1 Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
* Colossians 3:11 In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all.
* Matthew 25: 35 I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.
* Romans 12:13 Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers.

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I guess Moses and his flock weren't refugees n2doc Feb 2017 #1
Probably not a good example Yupster Feb 2017 #35
Say, what if I take this here chair and... wyldwolf Feb 2017 #2
That's great, and you're not a snowflake but grits TexasProgresive Feb 2017 #3
Hell with that, I'm a snowflake and proud of it! Amimnoch Feb 2017 #21
Brilliant. mac56 Feb 2017 #30
Absolutely. Amimnoch Feb 2017 #36
I have no problem with claiming what is meant as an insult as a complement. TexasProgresive Feb 2017 #32
Mary and Joseph weren't refugees, they were just going treestar Feb 2017 #4
They were when they had to flee to Egypt. Are_grits_groceries Feb 2017 #6
OK I forgot that treestar Feb 2017 #9
Well I'm not. Are_grits_groceries Feb 2017 #13
I actually visited the church in Cairo BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #19
"Reproach" treestar Roy Rolling Feb 2017 #31
Please, get back to those right wingers and tell them they're wrong muriel_volestrangler Feb 2017 #10
I did. Read my post. nt Are_grits_groceries Feb 2017 #12
The Bible is full of stories of people being chased out... Dave Starsky Feb 2017 #14
Yes, interesting the right winger treestar Feb 2017 #18
As a devote atheist, I must point out Matthew 2:13 Friend or Foe Feb 2017 #15
Yeah I forgot that part treestar Feb 2017 #17
The Bible has a BUNCH of verses about being kind. raging moderate Feb 2017 #20
and it has the words of Jesus azureblue Feb 2017 #25
"Render to no man evil for evil, but strengthen the faint-hearted." cyclonefence Feb 2017 #5
"per Jesus" FiveGoodMen Feb 2017 #38
These so called christians annoy the hell (pun intended) out of me. They are no more Christian than Augiedog Feb 2017 #7
Ahhhh ... The hypocristians in full throttle UpInArms Feb 2017 #8
"A Spiritual Narcissist...uses the Gospel to build themselves up while they tear others down" Donkees Feb 2017 #11
As you said, Jesus was a refugee. (That has worked as my only reply.) WePurrsevere Feb 2017 #16
I use Matthew 25 a lot.nt Are_grits_groceries Feb 2017 #24
"Remember that you, too, were strangers in a strange land." The Blue Flower Feb 2017 #22
They need to pull out their now-40 year copies of the miniseries "Jesus of Nazareth" BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #23
Oooo, I loved Peter Ustinov way back. Loved great acting even then, I guess! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #34
His was a hyperbolic Herod! BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #37
Bigots love Sodom and Gomorrah but one of the reasons God punished them IronLionZion Feb 2017 #26
Parable of the Good Samaritan vlyons Feb 2017 #27
I've always wondered PennyK Feb 2017 #28
Nothing that Jesus said is honored in the current churches. FiveGoodMen Feb 2017 #39
From what I have ever read, Are_grits_groceries Feb 2017 #40
WTF is Franklyn Graham even talking about? world wide wally Feb 2017 #29
Here's a non-inclusive list of Bible quotes on hospitality to strangers TexasProgresive Feb 2017 #33
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