“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
The Epistle to the Hebrews, 1611 · Hebrews 13:2, King James Version
Chapter 6
On Hospitality
“The stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”
The Book of Leviticus, 1611 · Leviticus 19:34, King James Version
“Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”
The Book of Deuteronomy, 1611 · Deuteronomy 10:19, King James Version
“For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in.”
The Gospel of Matthew, 1611 · Matthew 25:35, King James Version
“Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house?”
The Book of Isaiah, 1611 · Isaiah 58:7, King James Version
“Stranger, though a still poorer man should come here, it would not be right for me to insult him, for all strangers and beggars are from Jove.”
Homer, 1900 · the swineherd Eumaeus welcoming a beggar who is his disguised king
“Let him who believes in God and the Last Day be generous to his neighbour, and let him who believes in God and the Last Day be generous to his guest.”
The Prophet Muhammad, c. 850 AD · hadith recorded in Sahih al-Bukhari, number 6019
“Let the guest be a god to you.”
The Taittiriya Upanishad, c. 600 BC · Shikshavalli 1.11.2, the teacher's parting charge to the student
“Welcoming travellers is greater than welcoming the Divine Presence.”
The Babylonian Talmud, c. 500 AD · Tractate Shabbat 127a, on Abraham leaving God to greet three strangers
“I saw a stranger yestreen; I put food in the eating place, drink in the drinking place, music in the listening place.”
Scottish Gaelic rune of hospitality, 1900 · Highland and Hebridean tradition, collected by Alexander Carmichael
“To invite a person to your house is to take charge of his happiness as long as he be beneath your roof.”
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 1825 · French lawyer and gastronome, twentieth aphorism
“A guest and a fish stink in three days.”
Spanish proverb, 1857 · the same saying is found in Italian, Portuguese and French
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