1. That evening the two angels arrived in Sodom, while Lot was sitting near the city gate. When Lot saw them, he got up, bowed down low,
2. and said, “Gentlemen, I am your servant. Please come to my home. You can wash your feet, spend the night, and be on your way in the morning.”They told him, “No, we'll spend the night in the city square.”
3. But Lot kept insisting, until they finally agreed and went home with him. He baked some bread, cooked a meal, and they ate.
4. Before Lot and his guests could go to bed, every man in Sodom, young and old, came and stood outside his house
5. and started shouting, “Where are your visitors? Send them out, so we can have sex with them!”
6. Lot went outside and shut the door behind him.
7. Then he said, “Friends, please don't do such a terrible thing!