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13 But when you give a banquet or a reception, invite the poor, the disabled, the lame, and the blind.

14 Then you will be blessed (happy, fortunate, and [a]to be envied), because they have no way of repaying you, and you will be recompensed at the resurrection of the just (upright).

15 When one of those who reclined [at the table] with Him heard this, he said to Him, Blessed (happy, fortunate, and [b]to be envied) is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 14:14 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.
  2. Luke 14:15 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.

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