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 neighbours; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
11For every one 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 neighbour: 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 which 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 →