Luke 14:12

Luke chapter 14 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

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.

ASV

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.

Context

v.11For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

v.12This passage

v.13But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 14:20

    The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.

  • Luke 1:53

    The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.

  • Zechariah 7:5

    Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, even these seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

  • Matthew 6:1

    Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

  • Proverbs 22:16

    He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, Andhe that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.

  • Matthew 5:46

    For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?