Luk 14:12 | RWP | e4.org | A dinner or a supper ( αριστον η δειπνον ). More exactly, a breakfast or a dinner with distinction between them as already shown. This is a parable for the host as one had just been given for the guests, though Luke does not term this a parable. Call not ( μη φωνε ). Μη and the present imperative active, prohibiting the habit of inviting only friends. It is the exclusive invitation of such guests that Jesus condemns. There is a striking parallel to this in Plato's Phaedrus 233. Recompense ( ανταποδομα ). In the form of a return invitation. Like αντ in "bid thee again" ( αντικαλεσωσιν ).

‏ Luke 14:12

A dinner or a supper ( αριστον η δειπνον ). More exactly, a breakfast or a dinner with distinction between them as already shown. This is a parable for the host as one had just been given for the guests, though Luke does not term this a parable.

Call not ( μη φωνε ). Μη and the present imperative active, prohibiting the habit of inviting only friends. It is the exclusive invitation of such guests that Jesus condemns. There is a striking parallel to this in Plato's Phaedrus 233.

Recompense ( ανταποδομα ). In the form of a return invitation. Like αντ in "bid thee again" ( αντικαλεσωσιν ).