Luke 14:12

Modern English Version

Then He said also to the one who invited Him, “When you prepare a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or your rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and you be repaid.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:20

The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich man has many friends.

Proverbs 22:16

He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, and he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

Matthew 5:46

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

Luke 1:53

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

Luke 1:58

Her neighbors and cousins heard how the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.

Luke 14:11

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 14:13

But when you prepare a banquet, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,

2 Corinthians 6:13

In return (I speak as to my children) you also be open.