Verse 12
Then sayde he also to hym that bad hym to meate: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friendes, nor thy brethren, neither thy kynsemen, nor thy ryche neyghbours, lest they also byd thee agayne, and a recompence be made thee.
Referenced Verses
- Jas 2:1-6 : 1 My brethren, haue not the fayth of our Lorde Iesus Christe, the Lord of glorie, with respect of persons. 2 For yf there come into your companie a man wearing a golde ryng, clothed in goodly apparell, and there come in also a poore man in vile rayment: 3 And ye haue a respect to hym that weareth the gay clothyng, and say vnto hym, sitte thou here in a good place: & say vnto the poore, stande thou there, or sitte here vnder my footestoole: 4 Are ye not partiall in your selues, and are made iudges of euyll thoughtes? 5 Hearken my deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, such as are riche in fayth, and heyres of the kyngdome, which he promised to them that loue hym? 6 But ye haue despised the poore. Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie, and drawe you before the iudgementes seates?
- Matt 5:46 : 46 For yf ye loue them which loue you, what rewarde haue ye? Do not the publicans also euen the same?
- Matt 6:1-4 : 1 Take heede to your almes, that ye geue it not in the sight of men, to the intente that ye woulde be sene of the, or els ye haue no rewarde of your father, which is in heauen. 2 Therefore, when thou geuest thyne almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as hypocrites do, in the synagogues, & in the streates, yt they might be esteemed of me. Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward. 3 But when thou doest thyne almes, let not thy left hande knowe, what thy ryght hande doeth, 4 That thyne almes may be in secrete: And thy father, which seeth in secrete, shall rewarde thee openly.
- Luke 6:32-36 : 32 For yf ye loue them which loue you, what thanke haue ye? For sinners also loue their louers. 33 And yf ye do good for them which do good for you, what thanke haue ye? For sinners also do euen the same. 34 And yf ye lende to them, of whom ye hope to receaue, what thanke haue ye? For synners also lende to sinners, to receaue such lyke agayne. 35 But loue ye your enemies, & do good, and lende, lokyng for nothyng agayne: and your rewarde shalbe great, and ye shalbe the chyldren of the hyest: for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde, & to the euyll. 36 Be ye therfore mercifull, as your father also is mercifull.
- Prov 22:16 : 16 Who so doth a poore man wrong, to increase his owne riches and geueth vnto the ryche, at the last commeth to pouertie hym selfe.
- Zech 7:5-7 : 5 Speake vnto al the people of the land, and to the priestes, & say: When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth & seuenth moneth now this threescore & ten yeres, did ye fast vnto me? 6 When ye did eate also & drincke, did ye not eate & drincke for your owne selues? 7 Are not these the wordes which the Lord spake by his prophetes aforetime, when Hierusalem was yet inhabited & wealthy, she and the cities round about her, whe there dwelt men both toward the south and in the playne countreys?
- Prov 14:20 : 20 The poore is hated euen of his owne neyghbours: but the riche hath many frendes.
- Matt 6:16-18 : 16 Moreouer, when ye fast, be not of an heauy countenaunce, as hypocrites are. For they disfigure theyr faces, that they myght appeare vnto men, to fast. Ueryly I say vnto you, they haue theyr rewarde. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, annoynt thyne head, and washe thy face: 18 That thou appeare not vnto men, to fast: but vnto thy father, which is in secrete, and thy father, which seeth in secrete, shall rewarde thee openly.
- Luke 1:53 : 53 He hath fylled the hungry with good thynges, & sent away the riche emptie.