^14:12He³⁵ said also to the man³⁶ who had invited him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet,³⁷ don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid. ^14:13But when you host an elaborate meal,³⁸ invite the poor, the crippled,³⁹ the lame, and⁴⁰ the blind.⁴¹^14:14Then⁴² you will be blessed,⁴³ because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid⁴⁴ at the resurrection of the righteous.”

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Footnotes

35 Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
36 That is, the leader of the Pharisees (v. 1).
37 The meaning of the two terms for meals here, ἄριστον (ariston) and δεῖπνον (deipnon), essentially overlap (L&N 23.22). Translators usually try to find two terms for a meal to use as equivalents (e.g., lunch and dinner, dinner and supper, etc.). In this translation “dinner” and “banquet” have been used, since the expected presence of rich neighbors later in the verse suggests a rather more elaborate occasion than an ordinary meal.
38 This term, δοχή (dochē), is a third term for a meal (see v. 12) that could also be translated “banquet, feast.”
39 Normally the term means crippled as a result of being maimed or mutilated (L&N 23.177).
40 Here “and” has been supplied between the last two elements in the series in keeping with English style.
41 This list of needy is like Luke 7:22. See Deut 14:28–29; 16:11–14; 26:11–13.
42 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate that this follows from the preceding action. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
43 You will be blessed. God notes and approves of such generosity.
44 The passive verb will be repaid looks at God’s commendation.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you would be repaid. On the contrary, when you host a banquet, invite those who are poor, maimed, lame, or blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then he turned to his host. “When you put on a luncheon or a banquet,” he said, “don’t invite your friends, brothers, relatives, and rich neighbors. For they will invite you back, and that will be your only reward. Instead, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. Then at the resurrection of the righteous, God will reward you for inviting those who could not repay you.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he also said to the one who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or wealthy neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and repayment come to you. But whenever you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they are not able to repay you. For it will be paid back to you at the resurrection of the righteous.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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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