Luke 14:12

Free Bible Version

Then he said to the man who had invited him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don't invite your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your rich neighbors, for they may invite you back, and then you'd be repaid.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:20

The poor are hated even by their neighbors, while the rich have many friends.

Proverbs 22:16

If you oppress the poor to make yourself rich, or if you're generous to the rich, you'll end up poor yourself.

Matthew 5:46

For if you only love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do that?

Luke 1:53

He fills the hungry with good things to eat, and he sends the rich away empty-handed.

Luke 1:58

Her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had showed her great kindness, and they celebrated together with her.

Luke 14:11

For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Luke 14:13

Instead, when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,

2 Corinthians 6:13

Please respond in the same way, as if you were my children, and be big-hearted!