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12 He said also to the one who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid.
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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.
13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.
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But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
14 And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
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and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
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