Luke 14:12

Translations

Modern

Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And also He was saying to the one having invited Him, “When you may make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives nor rich neighbors, lest ever they should also invite you in return, and repayment be made to you.

Latin

Dicebat autem et ei, qui invitaverat: Cum facis prandium, aut cœnam, noli vocare amicos tuos, neque fratres tuos, neque cognatos, neque vicinos divites: ne forte te et ipsi reinvitent, et fiat tibi retributio;

Original

Greek

English

Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.

Notes

Luke 14:12–13

do not invite your friends: Jesus challenged the common use of banquets to show and increase social status in the community. A host would invite friends of similar status and a few people of higher status. Those honored guests were then expected to invite the host back, which could improve the host’s reputation and position.

Jesus turned this social order upside down by telling his followers to invite people who had no status and could not repay them. In this way, God invites sinful people to share in his banquet of salvation.

Theme notes and profiles

Concern for the Poor Rich and Poor in the Gospel of Luke The Messianic Banquet

Events

Teaching and Healing in Perea to Jerusalemc. AD 30

Related verses

Matthew 5:46
If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?
James 2:1–6
My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.
Proverbs 22:16
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
Luke 6:32–36
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
Matthew 6:1–4
“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
Luke 1:53
He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
Zechariah 7:5–7
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?

Glossary

Banquet Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Gospel Luke, Gospel of

Topics

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Luke 14:12

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