Luke 14:14

Luke 14:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
• New International Version (NIV)and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then at the resurrection of the righteous, God will reward you for inviting those who could not repay you.”

Context of Luke 14:14

12He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. 13But 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." 15When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!" 16But he said to him, "A man once gave a great banquet and invited many.

Luke 14:14 word by word

καὶ μακάριος ἔσῃ, ὅτι οὐκ ἔχουσιν ἀνταποδοῦναί σοι· ἀνταποδοθήσεται γάρ σοι ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει τῶν δικαίων.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• thouσύsu · youG4771
• shalt beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• blessedμακάριοςmakarios · blessedG3107
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• they cannotἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• ·οὐou · noG3756
• recompenseἀνταποδίδωμιantapodidōmi · to repayG467
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• atἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the resurrectionἀνάστασιςanastasis · resurrectionG386
• of the justδίκαιοςdikaios · justG1342

Cross-references for Luke 14:14

• Proverbs 19:17Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.
• Matthew 6:4so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
• Matthew 10:41The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.
• Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
• Philippians 4:18I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.
• Luke 20:35but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage,
• Daniel 12:2And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
• John 5:29and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
• Acts 24:15having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.

Commentaries on Luke 14:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14For they cannot recompense thee - Because you have done it for God's sake only, and they cannot make you a recompense, therefore God will consider himself your debtor, and will recompense you in the resurrection of the righteous. There are many very excellent sayings among the rabbins on the excellence of charity. They produce both Job and Abraham as examples of a very merciful disposition. "Job, say they, had an open door on each of the four quarters of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Shalt be blessed - Blessed in the “act” of doing good, which furnishes more “happiness” than riches can give, and blessed or rewarded “by God” in the day of judgment. They cannot recompense thee - They cannot invite you again, and thus pay you; and by inviting “them” you show that you have a “disposition” to do good. The resurrection of the just - When the just or holy shall be raised from the dead. Then “God” shall reward those who have done good to the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 Even in the common actions of life, Christ marks what we do, not only in our religious assemblies, but at our tables. We see in many cases, that a man's pride will bring him low, and before honour is humility. Our Saviour here teaches, that works of charity are better than works of show. But our Lord did not mean that a proud and unbelieving liberality should be rewarded, but that his precept of doing good to the poor and afflicted should be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14the resurrection of the righteous: See Daniel 12:2.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1412-14. call not thy friends--Jesus certainly did not mean us to dispense with the duties of ordinary fellowship, but, remitting these to their proper place, inculcates what is better [Bengel]. lest ... a recompense be given thee--a fear the world is not afflicted with [Bengel]. The meaning, however, is that no exercise of principle is involved in it, as selfishness itself will suffice to prompt to it (Mt 5:46, 47).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 14:14

• Hospitality
• Jesus, the Christ
• Poor
• Resurrection

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Luke 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings