Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Luke 14:13
call the poor—"Such God Himself calls" (Luke 14:21) [BENGEL].
Luke 14:12-14
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 (Matthew 5:46-47).
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