• Luke 14:12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 12 Next he said also to the man who had invited him: “When you spread a dinner or an evening meal, do not call your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors. Otherwise, they might also invite you in return, and it would become a repayment to you.

  • Luke 14:12
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 12 Ἔλεγεν He was saying δὲ but καὶ also τῷ to the (one) κεκληκότι having called αὐτόν him Ὅταν Whenever ποιῇς you may make ἄριστον dinner ἢ or δεῖπνον, supper, μὴ not φώνει be sounding τοὺς the φίλους friends σου of you μηδὲ not-but τοὺς the ἀδελφούς brothers σου of you μηδὲ not-but τοὺς the συγγενεῖς relatives σου of you μηδὲ not-but γείτονας neighbors πλουσίους, rich, μή not ποτε at sometime καὶ also αὐτοὶ they ἀντικαλέσωσίν might call in return σε you καὶ and γένηται would become ἀνταπόδομά repayment σοι. to you.

  • Luke 14:12
    King James Version

    • 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.

  • Luke 14:12
    American Standard Version

    • 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.

  • Luke 14:12
    The Bible in Living English

    • 12 And he also said to the one who had invited him “When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not call your friends nor your brothers nor your relatives nor rich neighbors, for fear they should return the invitation themselves and you should have a compensation;