Luke 14:12 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 14:12

Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book V (202)

And for this reason the Lord declared, "When thou makest a dinner or a supper, do not call thy friends, nor thy neighbours, nor thy kinsfolk, lest they ask thee in return, and so repay thee. But call the lame, the blind, and the poor, and thou shall be blessed, since they cannot recompense thee, but a recompense shall be made thee at the resurrection of the just."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

"Give" (saith Pliny, Epist.) "to thy friends, but let it be to thy poor friends, not to those that need thee not." (2.) "Be not proud of it. " Many make feasts only to make a show, as Ahasuerus did ( Esth. i. 3, 4 ), and it is no reputation to them, they think, if they have not persons of quality to dine with them, and thus rob their families, to please their fancies.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Our Saviour here teaches us that the using of what we have in works of charity is better, and will turn to a better account, than using it in works of generosity and in magnificent house-keeping. "Covet not to treat the rich; invite not thy friends, and brethren, and neighbours, that are rich, "

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Call not thy friends, etc. - Our Lord certainly does not mean that a man should not entertain at particular times, his friends, etc.; but what he inculcates here is charity to the poor; and what he condemns is those entertainments which are given to the rich, either to flatter them, or to procure a similar return; because the money that is thus criminally laid out properly belongs to the poor.

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Original language & word study

36 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἔλεγεν	Elegen	He was saying	G3004 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
τῷ	tō	to the [one]	G3588 →
κεκληκότι	keklēkoti	having invited	G2564 →
αὐτόν·	auton	Him;	G846 →
ὅταν	hotan	When	G3752 →
ποιῇς	poiēas	you may make	G4160 →
ἄριστον	ariston	a dinner	G712 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
δεῖπνον,	deipnon	a supper,	G1173 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
φώνει	phōnei	do call	G5455 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
φίλους	philous	friends	G5384 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
μηδὲ	mēde	nor [call]	G3366 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ἀδελφούς	adelphous	brothers	G80 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
μηδὲ	mēde	nor [call]	G3366 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
συγγενεῖς	sungeneis	relatives	G4773 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
μηδὲ	mēde	nor [call]	G3366 →
γείτονας	geitonas	neighbours	G1069 →
πλουσίους	plousious	rich	G4145 →
μήποτε	mēpote	otherwise	G3361 →G4218 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
αὐτοὶ	autoi	they themselves	G846 →
ἀντικαλέσωσίν	antikalesōsin	may invite in return	G479 →
σε	se	you	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
γένηται	genētai	it may become	G1096 →
ἀνταπόδομά	antapodoma	recompense	G468 →
σοι.	soi	to you.	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 5:46
If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?
leads to
- Luke 6:32–35
  If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
- 1 Peter 2:20–23
  How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
- Matthew 9:10–11
  Later, as Jesus was dining at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples.
- Matthew 11:19
  The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
Through
Proverbs 22:16
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
leads to
- Proverbs 22:22–23
  Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
- James 2:13
  For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- James 5:1–5
  Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
Through
Proverbs 14:20
The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
leads to
- Proverbs 19:4
  Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

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Where the connections lead

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06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke