King James Version (KJV)
Luke 14:12
“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.›”
Verse in context — Luke 14
‹But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.›
‹For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.›
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.›
‹But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:›
‹And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.›
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