Christian Standard Bible
Luke 6:21
21Blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, because you will laugh.
Luke 6:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
- New International Version (NIV)Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Blessed are you who hunger now, For you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, For you shall laugh.
Context of Luke 6:21
19The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all. 20Then looking up at his disciples, he said: Blessed are you who are poor, because the kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, because you will laugh. 22Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you, insult you, and slander your name as evil because of the Son of Man. 23“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. Take note — your reward is great in heaven, for this is the way their ancestors used to treat the prophets.
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Μακάριοι οἱ πεινῶντες νῦν, ὅτι χορτασθήσεσθε.¶ Μακάριοι οἱ κλαίοντες νῦν, ὅτι γελάσετε.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Luke 6:21
- Luke 6:25Woe to you who are now full, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are now laughing, for you will mourn and weep.
- Luke 1:53He has satisfied the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty.
- Psalms 42:1As a deer longs for flowing streams, so I long for you, God.
- Psalms 143:6I spread out my hands to you; I am like parched land before you.Selah
- Isaiah 55:1“Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water; and you without silver, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without silver and without cost!
- 1 Corinthians 4:11Up to the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are poorly clothed, roughly treated, homeless;
- 2 Corinthians 11:27toil and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and without clothing.
- 2 Corinthians 12:10So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and in difficulties, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
- Psalms 17:15But I will see your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with your presence.
- Psalms 63:1God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you. I thirst for you; my body faints for you in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.
- Psalms 65:4How happy is the one you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple.
- Psalms 107:9For he has satisfied the thirsty and filled the hungry with good things.
- Isaiah 25:6On this mountain, the Lord of Armies will prepare for all the peoples a feast of choice meat, a feast with aged wine, prime cuts of choice meat, fine vintage wine.
- Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants and my blessing on your offspring.
- Isaiah 49:9saying to the prisoners, “Come out,” and to those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves.” They will feed along the pathways, and their pastures will be on all the barren heights.
- Isaiah 65:13Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Look! My servants will eat, but you will be hungry. Look! My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Look! My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
Commentaries on Luke 6:21
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-49Verses 20-49 See this passage fully illustrated in the sermon on the mount, in Luke 6:21 That hunger now - Matthew has it, “that hunger and thirst after righteousness.” Matthew has expressed more fully what Luke has briefly, but there is no contradiction. Luke 6:24-26 These verses have been omitted by Matthew. They seem to have been spoken to the Pharisees. Who are rich - In this world‘s goods. They loved them; they had sought for them; they found their…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-26Verses 20-26 Here begins a discourse of Christ, most of which is also found in Mt 5; 7. But some think that this was preached at another time and place. All believers that take the precepts of the gospel to themselves, and live by them, may take the promises of the gospel to themselves, and live upon them. Woes are denounced against prosperous sinners as miserable people, though the world envies them. Those are blessed indeed whom Christ blesses, but…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-21poor … you who hunger: Compare Matthew 5:3, 6. This statement likely refers to both physical and spiritual poverty. Poverty and suffering tend to make us more dependent on God. The Old Testament includes many promises that God will feed and comfort his people (Psalms 22:26; 107:36–41; 126:1–6; Isaiah 49:10–13; 51:3; 65:13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2120-21. In the Sermon on the Mount the benediction is pronounced upon the "poor in spirit" and those who "hunger and thirst after righteousness" (Mt 5:3, 6). Here it is simply on the "poor" and the "hungry now." In this form of the discourse, then, our Lord seems to have had in view "the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love Him," as these very beatitudes are paraphrased by James (Jas 2:5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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