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NASB | Luke 14:12 ¶ And He also went on to say 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, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 14:12 ¶ Jesus also went on to say 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 wealthy neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment. |
Subject: Does anyone really *do* this? |
Bible Note: My husband that died used to do this. If we were at a rest area and there was a note saying someone was in trouble, he'd find them to help. He'd go to missions to hire people to help do things we needed done. The only problem is sometimes he'd let people stay w/us, then you had to practically throw them out to get rid of them. Almost immediately they'd start acting like privledged guests and expect you to do everything for them and become very lazy, even when it came to personal hygiene and and start expecting you to do everything for them. Seems like we got burned many times in the process. Then he'd see these people w/the will work for food signs, offer them a job and they'd act insulted, just give me some money for nothing. I think it was easier to give food to the homeless than to try to actually help them and give them what they need, not money. We'd still help who we could when necessary, but just be more "leary" of them, some are just scam artists. |