Luke 14:12
Jesus also said to the man who had invited him, “When yoʋ prepare a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite yoʋr friends, yoʋr brothers, yoʋr relatives, or yoʋr rich neighbors. If yoʋ do, they may invite yoʋ in return, and yoʋ will be repaid.
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In Context
11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
13But when yoʋ prepare a banquet, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind.
Cross References
Matthew 6:1“Be careful not to give to the needy in front of others to be seen by them, otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
Luke 1:53He has filled the hungry with good things, but the rich he has sent away empty.
James 2:1My brothers, practice your faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, without showing partiality.
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 →