Luke 14:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then Jesus said to the Pharisee who 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

Matthew 5:46

If you love only those who love you, why should you get a reward for that? Even the tax collectors do that.

Proverbs 22:16

These two things will make you poor: hurting the poor to make yourself rich and giving gifts to the rich.

Proverbs 14:20

The poor have no friends, not even their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

Luke 1:53

He filled the hungry with good things, but he sent the rich away with nothing.

Luke 1:58

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord was very good to her, and they were happy for her.

Luke 14:11

Everyone who makes themselves important will be made humble. But everyone who makes themselves humble will be made important.”

Luke 14:13

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

2 Corinthians 6:13

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