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Luke 14:12-15 BBE
(12) And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.
(13) But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body:
(14) And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.
(15) And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.
Luke 14:12-15 ALT
(12) Then He also began saying to the one having invited Him, "Whenever you prepare a lunch or a dinner, do not be calling your friends nor your brothers nor your relatives nor rich neighbors, lest _they_ also invite you back, and [that] shall be your repayment.
(13) "_But_ whenever you prepare a banquet, be inviting poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], [and] blind [people],
(14) and you will be happy [or, blessed], because they do not have [anything] to repay to you, for it will be repaid to you in the resurrection of the righteous."
(15) Then one of the ones reclining [to eat] with [Him], having heard these things, said to him, "Happy [or, Blessed] [is he] who will eat dinner in the kingdom of God."
Luke 14:12-15 LITV
(12) And He also said to him who had invited Him, When you make a dinner or supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also should invite you in return, and it become a repayment to you.
(13) But when you make a banquet, call the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
(14) and then you will be blessed, for they have nothing to repay you. For it will be repaid to you in the resurrection of the just.
(15) And one of those reclining with Him, hearing these things, he said to Him, Blessed are those eating bread in the kingdom of God.
Luke 14:12-15 CEV
(12) Then Jesus said to the man who had invited him: When you give a dinner or a banquet, don't invite your friends and family and relatives and rich neighbors. If you do, they will invite you in return, and you will be paid back.
(13) When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.
(14) They cannot pay you back. But God will bless you and reward you when his people rise from death.
(15) After Jesus had finished speaking, one of the guests said, "The greatest blessing of all is to be at the banquet in God's kingdom!"
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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
KJV - King James Version
MKJV - Modern King James Version
NWT - New World Translation
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
RV - Revised Version
YLT - Young's Literal Translation