12Then 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.
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For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. …
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. …
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-14)Our Lord Jesus here sets us an example of profitable edifying discourse at our tables, when we are in company with our friends. We find that when he had none but his disciples, who were his own family, with him at his table, his discourse with them was good, and to the use of edifying ; and not only so, but when he was in company with strangers, nay, with enemies that watched him , he took occasio…
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