Luke 14:12
And he also said to the man who invited him, When thou make a dinner or a supper, do not call thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy kinsmen, nor prosperous neighbors, lest they also invite thee in return, and a recompense be made
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
13But when thou make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,
Cross References
Proverbs 14:20The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich man has many friends.
Zechariah 7:5Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh [month], even these seventy years, did ye at all fast to me, even to me?
Matthew 6:1Be careful not to do your charity before men in order to be seen by them, otherwise ye have no reward from your Father in the heavens.
Luke 1:53He filled those who are hungry with good things, and those who are rich he sent away empty.
James 2:1My brothers, ye should not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, in favoritism.
Matthew Henry on Luke 14:8-15
Humility Recommended. 7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, 8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; 9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. 10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may… Read the whole commentary →