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Luke 14:12

GenerosityFellowship and the church

10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.

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

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.

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

14 and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.
BLB
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.
ÅB
Han sa også til den som hadde innbudt ham: Når du gjør gjestebud middag eller kveld, da innbyd ikke dine venner eller dine brødre eller dine frender eller rike granner, for at ikke de skal be deg igjen, så du får gjengjeld!
OTB
Så sa Jesus til sin vert: "Når du gir en lunsj eller middag, inviter ikke dine venner, dine søsken, dine slektninger, eller dine rike naboer, for at de også skal invitere deg tilbake og du får gjengjeld.
B1930
Han sa også til den som hadde innbudt ham: Når du gjør gjestebud middag eller aften, da innbyd ikke dine venner eller dine brødre eller dine frender eller rike granner, forat ikke de skal be dig igjen, så du får gjengjeld!

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