Luke 14:12 Cross References

Luke 14:12

12: Then he turned to his host. "When you put on a luncheon or a dinner," he said, "don't invite your friends, brothers, relatives, and rich neighbors. For they will repay you by inviting you back.

James 2:1

  1. My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim that you have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people more than others?
  2. For instance, suppose someone comes into your meeting dressed in fancy clothes and expensive jewelry, and another comes in who is poor and dressed in shabby clothes.
  3. If you give special attention and a good seat to the rich person, but you say to the poor one, "You can stand over there, or else sit on the floor"--well,
  4. doesn't this discrimination show that you are guided by wrong motives?
  5. Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn't God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren't they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him?

Matthew 5:46

  1. If you love only those who love you, what good is that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much.

Proverbs 22:16

  1. A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty.

Matthew 6:1

  1. "Take care! Don't do your good deeds publicly, to be admired, because then you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.
  2. When you give a gift to someone in need, don't shout about it as the hypocrites do--blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I assure you, they have received all the reward they will ever get.
  3. But when you give to someone, don't tell your left hand what your right hand is doing.
  4. Give your gifts in secret, and your Father, who knows all secrets, will reward you.

Proverbs 14:20

  1. The poor are despised even by their neighbors, while the rich have many "friends."

Luke 6:32

  1. "Do you think you deserve credit merely for loving those who love you? Even the sinners do that!
  2. And if you do good only to those who do good to you, is that so wonderful? Even sinners do that much!
  3. And if you lend money only to those who can repay you, what good is that? Even sinners will lend to their own kind for a full return.
  4. "Love your enemies! Do good to them! Lend to them! And don't be concerned that they might not repay. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to the unthankful and to those who are wicked.
  5. You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate.

Luke 1:53

  1. He has satisfied the hungry with good things and sent the rich away with empty hands.

Zechariah 7:5

  1. "Say to all your people and your priests, `During those seventy years of exile, when you fasted and mourned in the summer and at the festival in early autumn, was it really for me that you were fasting?
  2. And even now in your holy festivals, you don't think about me but only of pleasing yourselves.
  3. Isn't this the same message the LORD proclaimed through the prophets years ago when Jerusalem and the towns of Judah were bustling with people, and the Negev and the foothills of Judah were populated areas?'"

Matthew 6:16

  1. "And when you fast, don't make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, who try to look pale and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I assure you, that is the only reward they will ever get.
  2. But when you fast, comb your hair and wash your face.
  3. Then no one will suspect you are fasting, except your Father, who knows what you do in secret. And your Father, who knows all secrets, will reward you.
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