Luke 14:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then he also said to him who invited him, When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor your rich neighbors; lest they also invite you again, and you be repaid.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Then Jesus said to the one who had invited him, 'When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, or your rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you back, and you will be repaid.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Then sayde he also to him that had desyred him to diner: When thou makest a diner or a supper: call not thy frendes nor thy brethre nether thy kinsmen nor yet ryche neghbours: lest they bidde the agayne and a recompence be made the.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    He sayde also vnto him that had bydden him: Wha thou makest a dyner or a supper, call not thy frendes, ner thy brethren, ner thy kynsfolkes, ner yi riche neghbours, lest they call the agayne, and recompece be made ye.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then said he also to him that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friendes, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsemen, nor ye riche neighbours, lest they also bid thee againe, & a recompence be made thee.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    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.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.›

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he said also to him who did call him, `When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He said also to the man who had invited him,“When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

Referenced Verses

  • Jas 2:1-6 : 1 My brothers, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality. 2 For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your assembly, and there also comes in a poor man in filthy clothes, 3 and you pay attention to the one wearing fine clothes and say to him, Sit here in a good place, and say to the poor, Stand there, or sit here under my footstool, 4 are you not then partial among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? 6 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and haul you into the courts?
  • Matt 5:46 : 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
  • Matt 6:1-4 : 1 Be careful not to do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them; otherwise, you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 2 Therefore, when you do your charitable deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward. 3 But when you do your charitable deeds, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 that your charitable deeds may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
  • Luke 6:32-36 : 32 For if you love those who love you, what thanks do you have? for sinners also love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you have? for sinners also do the same. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what thanks do you have? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil. 36 Be therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
  • Prov 22:16 : 16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.
  • Zech 7:5-7 : 5 Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months, even those seventy years, did you at all fast to Me, even to Me? 6 And when you ate and when you drank, did you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves? 7 Should you not hear the words which the LORD has proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities around her, when men inhabited the South and the plain?
  • Prov 14:20 : 20 The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich have many friends.
  • Matt 6:16-18 : 16 Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to fast. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward. 17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 that you do not appear to men to fast, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
  • Luke 1:53 : 53 He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 14:13-18
    6 verses
    87%

    13But when you give a feast, call the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind:

    14And you shall be blessed; for they cannot repay you: for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.

    15And when one of them who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

    16Then he said to him, A certain man made a great supper and invited many:

    17And sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, Come; for all things are now ready.

    18And they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it: I ask you to have me excused.

  • Luke 14:7-11
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    82%

    7And he put forth a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best places; saying to them,

    8When you are invited by any man to a wedding, do not sit down in the highest place; lest a more honorable man than you be invited by him;

    9And he who invited you and him come and say to you, Give this man your place; and you begin with shame to take the lowest place.

    10But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher: then you will have honor in the presence of those who sit at the table with you.

    11For whoever exalts himself will be humbled; and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

  • Luke 14:23-25
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    78%

    23And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

    24For I say to you, That none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper.

    25And great multitudes went with him: and he turned, and said to them,

  • Luke 14:21
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    21So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, and the crippled, and the lame, and the blind.

  • Luke 16:9
    73%

    9And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves using the wealth of unrighteousness; that, when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings.

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    7But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him immediately when he comes in from the field, Go and sit down to eat?

    8Will he not rather say to him, Prepare my meal, and put on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink?

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    39the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts,

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    6For a friend of mine on his journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

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    3And sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they would not come.

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  • Luke 11:37
    71%

    37And as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him: and he went in and sat down to eat.

  • Matt 6:1-2
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    71%

    1Be careful not to do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them; otherwise, you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

    2Therefore, when you do your charitable deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.

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    29And Levi made a great feast for him in his own house; and there was a great company of tax collectors and others who sat down with them.

  • Jas 2:3
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    8Then he said to his servants, The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

  • John 12:2
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    2There they made him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.

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    34And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what thanks do you have? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

    35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.

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    12And whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.

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    69%

    13And one of the company said to him, Master, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.

    14And he said to him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

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    42Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away.

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  • Luke 12:16
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    36And one of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to eat.

  • Matt 22:11-12
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    11And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.

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  • Luke 6:30-31
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    30Give to everyone who asks of you; and from him who takes away your goods, do not ask them back.

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    20The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich have many friends.

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    21So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

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