Luke 14:12

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;

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  • Jas 2:1-6 : 1 My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 for if there may come into your synagogue a man with gold ring, in gay raiment, and there may come in also a poor man in vile raiment, 3 and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, `Thou -- sit thou here well,' and to the poor man may say, `Thou -- stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,' -- 4 ye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges. 5 Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him? 6 and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;
  • Matt 5:46 : 46 `For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same?
  • Matt 6:1-4 : 1 `Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not -- reward ye have not from your Father who `is' in the heavens; 2 whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you -- they have their reward! 3 `But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth, 4 that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.
  • Luke 6:32-36 : 32 and -- if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them; 33 and if ye do good to those doing good to you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful do the same; 34 and if ye lend `to those' of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners -- that they may receive again as much. 35 `But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil; 36 be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.
  • Prov 22:16 : 16 He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.
  • Zech 7:5-7 : 5 `Speak unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying: 6 When ye fasted with mourning in the fifth and in the seventh `months' -- even these seventy years -- did ye keep the fast `to' Me -- Me? And when ye eat, and when ye drink, is it not ye who are eating, and ye who are drinking? 7 `Are not `these' the words that Jehovah proclaimed by the hand of the former prophets, in Jerusalem's being inhabited, and `in' safety, and its cities round about it, and the south and the plain -- abiding?'
  • Prov 14:20 : 20 Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich `are' many.
  • Matt 6:16-18 : 16 `And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward. 17 `But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face, 18 that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father who `is' in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.
  • Luke 1:53 : 53 The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,

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    13but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,

    14and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.'

    15And one of those reclining with him, having heard these things, said to him, `Happy `is' he who shall eat bread in the reign of God;'

    16and he said to him, `A certain man made a great supper, and called many,

    17and he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready.

    18`And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.

  • Luke 14:7-11
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    7And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,

    8`When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,

    9and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.

    10`But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;

    11because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

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    23`And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;

    24for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.'

    25And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,

  • 21`And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.

  • 9and I say to you, Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye may fail, they may receive you to the age-during tabernacles.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7`But, who is he of you -- having a servant ploughing or feeding -- who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat?

    8but will not `rather' say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink?

  • 39and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in suppers,

  • 6seeing a friend of mine came out of the way unto me, and I have not what I shall set before him,

  • Matt 22:3-4
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    3and he sent forth his servants to call those having been called to the marriage-feasts, and they were not willing to come.

    4`Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things `are' ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts;

  • 37And in `his' speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking him that he might dine with him, and having gone in, he reclined (at meat),

  • Matt 6:1-2
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    1`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not -- reward ye have not from your Father who `is' in the heavens;

    2whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you -- they have their reward!

  • 29And Levi made a great entertainment to him in his house, and there was a great multitude of tax-gatherers and others who were with them reclining (at meat),

  • 3and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, `Thou -- sit thou here well,' and to the poor man may say, `Thou -- stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,' --

  • 6they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

  • 8then saith he to his servants, The marriage-feast indeed is ready, and those called were not worthy,

  • 2they made, therefore, to him a supper there, and Martha was ministering, and Lazarus was one of those reclining together (at meat) with him;

  • Luke 6:34-35
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    34and if ye lend `to those' of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners -- that they may receive again as much.

    35`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

  • 12and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

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    13And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, `Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'

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

  • 42to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

  • 1And he said also unto his disciples, `A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;

  • 16And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

  • 5`And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?

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    11`And the king having come in to view those reclining, saw there a man not clothed with clothing of the marriage-feast,

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  • Luke 6:30-31
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    30`And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

    31and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

  • 20Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich `are' many.

  • 21so `is' he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

  • 37and he said, `He who did the kindness with him,' then Jesus said to him, `Be going on, and thou be doing in like manner.'

  • 14I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

  • 46`For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same?