Luke 14:12

Easy To Read Version

Then Jesus said to the Pharisee {\cf2\super [256]} that had invited him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite only your friends, brothers, relatives, and rich neighbors. At another time they will pay you back by inviting you to eat with them.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:20

A poor person has no friends, not even his neighbor. But rich people have many friends.

Proverbs 22:16

These two things will make you poor—hurting poor people to make yourself rich, and giving gifts to rich people.

Matthew 5:46

If you love only the people that love you, then you will get no reward. Even the tax collectors {\cf2\super [72]} do that.

Luke 1:53

God filled the hungry people\par with good things,\par but he sent the \{selfishly\} rich people\par away with nothing.\par

Luke 1:58

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord (God) was very good to her. They were happy for her.

Luke 14:11

Every person that makes himself important will be made humble. But the person that makes himself humble will be made important.”

Luke 14:13

Instead, when you give a feast, invite the poor people, the crippled, and the blind.

2 Corinthians 6:13

I speak to you like you are my children. Do the same as we have done—open your hearts also.