Luke 14:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² 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 neighbours; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Jesus also said to the man who had invited Him, When you give a dinner or a supper, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, lest perhaps they also invite you in return, and so you are paid back.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² 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.

Common English Bible

¹² Then Jesus said to the person who had invited him, “When you host a lunch or dinner, don’t invite your friends, your brothers and sisters, your relatives, or rich neighbors. If you do, they will invite you in return and that will be your reward.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Then he also said to the one who had invited him: "When you prepare a lunch or dinner, do not choose to call your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your wealthy neighbors, lest perhaps they might then invite you in return and repayment would made to you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And he said to him also that had invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy neighbours who are rich; lest perhaps they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee.

Luke 14:12 Cross References

Proverbs 14:20

The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: But the rich hath many friends.

Proverbs 22:16

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, And he that giveth to the rich, cometh 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?

Luke 1:53

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

Luke 1:58

And her neighbours and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.

Luke 14:11

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

Luke 14:13

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

2 Corinthians 6:13

Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged.