Luke 14:12
And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.
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In Context
11For everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
13But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
Cross References
Proverbs 14:20The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.
Zechariah 7:5Speak unto 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 unto me, even to me?
Matthew 6:1Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
Luke 1:53The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.
James 2:1My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] 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 →