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A dinner or a supper (ariston ē 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 (mē phōnei). Mē 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” (antikalesōsin).