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Luke 14:14

WEB

14and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”

KJV

14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

BSB

14and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

FBV

14and you will be blessed, for they have nothing to repay you with, and you'll be rewarded at the resurrection of the good.”

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Extra References

Proverbs 19:17

17He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; he will reward him.


Acts 24:15

15having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.


John 5:29

29and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.


Matthew 25:34-40

34Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35for I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you took me in. 36I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.’

37Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink? 38When did we see you as a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’

40The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,[+] you did it to me.’


Matthew 6:4

4so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.


Daniel 12:2-3

2Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever.


Luke 20:35-36

35But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. 36For they cant die any more, for they are like the angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.


Matthew 10:41-42

41He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. 42Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.”


Revelation 20:4-5

4I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5The rest of the dead didn’t live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.


Philippians 4:18-19

18But I have all things and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God. 19My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.