Luk 14:12 | NETfull | STEP | He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

Luke 14:12

12 He ^{▼▼ Here δέ (de) has not been translated.} said also to the man ^{▼▼ That is, the leader of the Pharisees (v. 1).} who had invited him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, ^{▼▼ The meaning of the two terms for meals here, ἄριστον (ariston) and δεῖπνον (deipnon), essentially overlap (L&N 23.22). Translators usually try to find two terms for a meal to use as equivalents (e.g., lunch and dinner, dinner and supper, etc.). In this translation “dinner” and “banquet” have been used, since the expected presence of rich neighbors later in the verse suggests a rather more elaborate occasion than an ordinary meal.} don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.