Verse 12
How to give feasts for a divine reward, Luke 14:12-14.
12. To him that bade him We could almost suppose that our Lord meant to compliment the man who had furnished the feast for
him. A recompense And then thou wilt be cheated of thy recompense from God. Our Lord here is giving no lesson against the interchange of hospitalities among friends. He does not deny that they have their healthful social influence among men. The repayments of the social debts of life, performed in the right spirit, have the blessing of God upon them. He would be evidently condemning himself in attending them, if he wore rebuking the inviters. But the bent of his lesson is this: As the feast of interchange has its return from thy fellow, so the feast of benevolence has its return from God.
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