Luke 14:12
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.This verse in the real world
In what words
- ἀντικαλέωantikaléōto invite in return
- ἀνταπόδομαantapódomaa requital (properly, the thing)
- ἄριστονáristonthe best meal (or breakfast; perhaps from ("early")), i.e. luncheon
- γείτωνgeítōna neighbour (as adjoining one's ground); by implication, a friend
- συγγενήςsyngenḗsa relative (by blood); by extension, a fellow countryman
- δεῖπνονdeîpnondinner, i.e. the chief meal (usually in the evening)
- φίλοςphílosactively, fond, i.e. friendly (still as a noun, an associate, neighbor, etc.)
- μήποτεmḗpotenot ever; also if (or lest) ever (or perhaps)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.