Quotes about Hospitality

even though there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the maidservant and young man with me. There is nothing that we, your servants, lack.”

By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.

Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.

the kingdom of God largely exists for the sake of outsiders, as a tangible expression of God's love for all.

Since the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.

And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.

Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Feel fee to be a usin' anythin' in the house, an' if there be anythin' thet ya be needin', make a list. I go to town most saturdays fer supplies, an' I can be a pickin' it up then. When ya feel more yerself like, ya might want to come along an' do yer own choosin'.

And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.

You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”

This is the shade of meaning: the door of a physician should never be closed; the door of a priest should always be open.

The Church is a family expecting guests.