Luke 14:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and you be repaid.

Više verzija

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 Križne Reference

Proverbs 14:20

The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the rich has many friends.

Proverbs 22:16

He who oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to want.

Matthew 5:46

For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? 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 empty away.

Luke 1:58

And her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

Luke 14:11

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

Luke 14:13

But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,

2 Corinthians 6:13

In return—I speak as to children—widen your hearts also.