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Luke 14:13–14

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14:13But when you host an elaborate meal,38 invite the poor, the crippled,39 the lame, and40 the blind.4114:14Then42 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

  1. 38 This term, δοχή (dochē), is a third term for a meal (see v. 12) that could also be translated “banquet, feast.”
  2. 39 Normally the term means crippled as a result of being maimed or mutilated (L&N 23.177).
  3. 40 Here “and” has been supplied between the last two elements in the series in keeping with English style.
  4. 41 This list of needy is like Luke 7:22. See Deut 14:28–29; 16:11–14; 26:11–13.
  5. 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.
  6. 43 You will be blessed. God notes and approves of such generosity.
  7. 44 The passive verb will be repaid looks at God’s commendation.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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)

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

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

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

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

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.