{A dinner or a supper} (ariston (8820)deipnon). 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} (m(8820)ph(936e)ei). M(885c) 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} (antapodoma). In the form of a return invitation.
Like anti in "bid thee again" (antikales(9373)in).
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