He rebukes his disciples for wishing to call down fire from heaven to punish the Samaritans for
their lack of hospitality (Luke 9:55).
But the story reveals that the real scandal lay not in the woman's sinfulness, in her intrusion upon the «holy» visitor, Jesus, or in the sexual overtones of unbound hair, but in the Pharisee's narrow love and
lack of hospitality.
«The sin of Sodom,» writes Matthew, «had far more to do with
a lack of hospitality and a bent toward violence than with any sexual designs the men had on Lot's visitors.»
This is true for other ancient Jewish literature as well, he argues, where Sodom's sins are identified as arrogance, indulgence, and
lack of hospitality.
I didn't, I don't like such
a lack of hospitality.
China might not be the most charming nation, yet the countryside and bustling cities make up for
the lack of hospitality.