Luke 14:12

New Living Translation

Then he turned to his host. “When you put on a luncheon or a banquet,” he said, “don’t invite your friends, brothers, relatives, and rich neighbors. For they will invite you back, and that will be your only reward.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:20

The poor are despised even by their neighbors, while the rich have many “friends.”

Proverbs 22:16

A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty.

Matthew 5:46

If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much.

Luke 1:53

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

Luke 1:58

And when her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had been very merciful to her, everyone rejoiced 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, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

2 Corinthians 6:13

I am asking you to respond as if you were my own children. Open your hearts to us!