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Luke 14:13
But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
Luke 14:13 · World English Bible
Luke 14:13 in other translations
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
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In context
10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
12 He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
13 But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
14 and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”
15 When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in God’s Kingdom!”
16 But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
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