Matthew 10:11
And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
Cross-references
In Judges 19:16-21, an old man in Gibeah provides lodging to a traveling Levite, mirroring the hospitality Jesus instructs his disciples to find.
In 1 Kings 17:9-24, the widow of Zarephath shelters the prophet Elijah, showing the kind of worthy reception Jesus commands his disciples to seek.
In Mark 6:10, Jesus gives the identical instruction to the twelve: stay in one house until you leave — a parallel account of the same commission.
In Luke 9:4, Jesus again tells the twelve to remain in one house — a direct parallel to this sending instruction.
In Luke 10:7, Jesus tells the seventy to stay and accept food, adding 'the laborer deserves his wages' — reinforcing the same hospitality principle.
In Luke 10:8, Jesus instructs the seventy to eat what is offered — a parallel command about receiving hospitality in the towns they enter.
In Luke 10:38-42, Martha welcomes Jesus into her home, illustrating the kind of worthy reception Jesus commands his disciples to find.
In Acts 16:15, Lydia compels Paul and his companions to stay in her home, demonstrating the worthy hospitality Jesus instructed disciples to seek.
In Acts 18:1-3, Paul stays with Aquila and Priscilla, a concrete example of disciples finding a worthy home as Jesus commanded.
In 3 John 1:8, believers are urged to support such missionaries — directly echoing the practice of receiving and hosting that Jesus commands here.
In Genesis 19:1-3, Lot's urgent hospitality to strangers exemplifies the kind of worthy reception Jesus’ disciples should seek.
In Job 31:32, Job’s claim of opening his home to travelers exemplifies the worthy hospitality Jesus instructs his disciples to seek.