and when Jezebel was killing the LORD's prophets, Obadiah took a hundred of them, hid them in caves in two groups of fifty, and provided them with food and water.)

But Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, "Lord, I am innocent! Would you destroy me and my people?

Abraham himself said that she was his sister, and she said the same thing. I did this with a clear conscience, and I have done no wrong."

I have obeyed the law of the LORD; I have not turned away from my God.

He knows that I am faultless, that I have kept myself from doing wrong.

You yourselves know that I have worked with these hands of mine to provide everything that my companions and I have needed.

Surely you remember, our friends, how we worked and toiled! We worked day and night so that we would not be any trouble to you as we preached to you the Good News from God.

You are our witnesses, and so is God, that our conduct toward you who believe was pure, right, and without fault.

Whoever welcomes God's messenger because he is God's messenger, will share in his reward. And whoever welcomes a good man because he is good, will share in his reward.

You can be sure that whoever gives even a drink of cold water to one of the least of these my followers because he is my follower, will certainly receive a reward."

I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you received me in your homes,