Luke 14:14

14 et beatus eris quia non habent retribuere tibi retribuetur enim tibi in resurrectione iustorum

Luke 14:14 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 14:14

And thou shalt be blessed
By God, with an increase of worldly substance, or with spiritual blessings, and with eternal glory and happiness; and by these poor objects, who will pray to God for a blessing upon such a kind benefactor:

for they cannot recompense thee;
by inviting again to a like entertainment, as rich guests can do, and when they have done that there is nothing else to be expected; but such that entertain the poor can have no return from them, and yet a retaliation will be made:

for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just;
when the just shall rise again, which will be the first resurrection; and happy is he that has part in it: for the righteous, or dead in Christ will rise first; and notice will be taken of the good works of the saints, particularly of their acts of beneficence to the poor members of Christ; and which they have done in faith, from a principle of love to Christ, and with a view to the glory of God, and the good of their fellow creatures and Christians.

Luke 14:14 In-Context

12 dicebat autem et ei qui se invitaverat cum facis prandium aut cenam noli vocare amicos tuos neque fratres tuos neque cognatos neque vicinos divites ne forte et ipsi te reinvitent et fiat tibi retributio

13 sed cum facis convivium voca pauperes debiles claudos caecos

14 et beatus eris quia non habent retribuere tibi retribuetur enim tibi in resurrectione iustorum

15 haec cum audisset quidam de simul discumbentibus dixit illi beatus qui manducabit panem in regno Dei

16 at ipse dixit ei homo quidam fecit cenam magnam et vocavit multos