Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 14:12

"And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee." — Luke 14:12 (ASV)

Our Saviour, you see, keeps to one line of instruction. It was a feast, so he used the feast to teach another lesson.

It is always well, when people's minds are running in a certain direction, to make use of that particular current. When a feast is uppermost in the minds of people, it is no use starting another subject.

So the Saviour rides upon the back of the banquet, making it his steed. Note his advice to his host: "Try to avoid doing that for which you will be recompensed. If you are rewarded for it, the transaction is over; but if not, then it stands recorded in the book of God, and it will be recompensed to you in the great day of account."