Luke 14:12 - Tree of Life Version

¹² Then Yeshua was also saying to the one who invited Him, “When you host a luncheon or dinner, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise they might invite you in return as your payback.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Jesus also said to the man who had invited Him, When you give a dinner or a supper, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, lest perhaps they also invite you in return, and so you are paid back.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

Common English Bible

¹² Then Jesus said to the person who had invited him, “When you host a lunch or dinner, don’t invite your friends, your brothers and sisters, your relatives, or rich neighbors. If you do, they will invite you in return and that will be your reward.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Then he also said to the one who had invited him: "When you prepare a lunch or dinner, do not choose to call your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your wealthy neighbors, lest perhaps they might then invite you in return and repayment would made to you.

Luke 14:12 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 14:20

The poor is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.

Proverbs 22:16

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain, and the one who gives to the rich— both end in poverty.

Matthew 5:46

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don’t they?

Luke 1:53

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

Luke 1:58

Her neighbors and relatives heard how Adonai had shown her His great mercy, and they began to rejoice with her.

Luke 14:11

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 14:13

But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind;

2 Corinthians 6:13

Now in return—I speak as to my children—open wide to us also.