Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
Our Lord's directions are here specially given to his people. It is true, Jesus addressed the man at whose house he then was; but as the Lord speaks of the resurrection of the just, the justified soul in Christ must be meant by the expression; and therefore it was such the Lord had in view. And with respect to the recompense spoken of, it will be indeed an ample recompense in that great day of God, to be noticed by Christ, in having so loved his members, when upon earth, as his members. Who shall calculate the joy? Our Lord hath more particularly explained it, Matthew 25:34-40. All other recompense, and which the self-righteous are seeking after, will be an awful retribution. 1 Corinthians 4:7.