Luke 14:12
Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
KJV
Ἔλεγεν δὲ καὶ τῷ κεκληκότι αὐτόν· ὅταν ποιῇς ἄριστον ἢ δεῖπνον, μὴ φώνει τοὺς φίλους σου μηδὲ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου μηδὲ τοὺς συγγενεῖς σου μηδὲ γείτονας πλουσίους, μήποτε καὶ αὐτοὶ ἀντικαλέσωσίν σε καὶ γένηται ἀνταπόδομά σοι.
Greek NT
Dicebat autem et ei, qui invitaverat : Cum facis prandium, aut cœnam, noli vocare amicos tuos, neque fratres tuos, neque cognatos, neque vicinos divites : ne forte te et ipsi reinvitent, et fiat tibi retributio ;
Vulgate
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.
ASV
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
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In the original Greek
24 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἀντικαλέσωσίν σε — SBLGNT
- ἀντικαλέσωσίν σε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- σε ἀντικαλέσωσιν — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἀνταπόδομά σοι — SBLGNT
- ἀνταπόδομά σοι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- σοι ἀνταπόδομα — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Further proofs of the same proposition, drawn from the promises made by Christ, when He declared that He would drink of the fruit of the vine with His disciples in His Father's kingdom, while at the same time He promised to reward them an hundred-fold, and to make them partake of banquets. The blessing pronounced by Jacob had pointed out this already, as Papias and the elders h…
Cross-references
- 1Tim 6:18 — That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
- Acts 20:35 — I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
- Jas 2:1 — My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
- Luke 1:53 — He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
- Luke 6:32 — For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
- Luke 6:34 — And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
- Luke 11:41 — But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
- Matt 5:42 — Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
- Matt 5:46 — For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
- Matt 6:1 — Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
- Matt 6:5 — And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you,
- Matt 25:35 — For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
- Phil 4:17 — Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
- Prov 14:20 — The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
- Prov 22:16 — He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
- Prov 22:16 — He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
- Ps 112:9 — He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
- Ruth 2:12 — The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
- Ruth 2:14 — And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was