Luke 14:12
And he said to him also that had invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy neighbours who are rich; lest perhaps they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
13But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind;
Cross References
Proverbs 14:20The poor man shall be hateful even to his own neighbour: but the friends of the rich are many.
Zechariah 7:5Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying: When you fasted, and mourned in the fifth and the seventh month for these seventy years: did you keep a fast unto me?
Matthew 6:1Take heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a reward of your Father who is in heaven.
Luke 1:53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
James 2:1My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with respect of persons.
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 →