Luke 14:12

Good News Translation

Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors—for they will invite you back, and in this way you will be paid for what you did.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:20

No one likes the poor, not even their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

Proverbs 22:16

If you make gifts to rich people or oppress the poor to get rich, you will become poor yourself.

Matthew 5:46

Why should God reward you if you love only the people who love you? Even the tax collectors do that!

Luke 1:53

He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away with empty hands.

Luke 1:58

Her neighbors and relatives heard how wonderfully good the Lord had been to her, and they all rejoiced with her.

Luke 14:11

For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great.”

Luke 14:13

When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind;

2 Corinthians 6:13

I speak now as though you were my children: show us the same feelings that we have for you. Open your hearts wide!