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Luke 6:25
25Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.
Luke 6:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
- New International Version (NIV)Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry. "Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Woe to you who are full, For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, For you shall mourn and weep.
Context of Luke 6:25
23rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in the heaven, for after this manner did their fathers act toward the prophets. 24But woe to you rich, for ye have received your consolation. Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep. 26Woe, when all men speak well of you, for after this manner did their fathers to the false prophets. 27But to you that hear I say, Love your enemies; do good to those that hate you;
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Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν οἱ ἐμπεπλησμένοι νῦν, ὅτι πεινάσετε.¶ Οὐαὶ οἱ γελῶντες νῦν, ὅτι πενθήσετε καὶ κλαύσετε.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Luke 6:25
- Deuteronomy 6:11and houses full of everything good which thou filledst not, and wells digged which thou diggedst not, vineyards and oliveyards which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt have eaten and shalt be full;
- 1 Samuel 2:5They that were full have hired themselves out for bread; and the hungry are [so] no more: Even the barren beareth seven, and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
- Proverbs 30:9lest I be full and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.
- Isaiah 28:7But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are overpowered by wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they have erred in vision, they have stumbled [in] judgment.
- Isaiah 65:13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, my servants shall eat, and ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, and ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, and ye shall be ashamed;
- Philippians 4:12I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound. In everything and in all things I am initiated both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer privation.
- Revelation 3:17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked;
- Isaiah 8:21And they shall pass through it, hard pressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass when they are hungry, they will fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and will gaze upward:
- Isaiah 9:20and he snatcheth on the right hand, and is hungry, and eateth on the left hand; and they are not satisfied. They eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
- Luke 8:53And they derided him, knowing that she had died.
- Luke 16:14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.
- Psalms 22:6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people.
- Proverbs 14:13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness.
- Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth it?
- Ecclesiastes 7:3Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
- Ephesians 5:4and filthiness and foolish talking, or jesting, which are not convenient; but rather thanksgiving.
Commentaries on Luke 6:25
- 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. 24-26Promises of blessing for the poor and oppressed are balanced in Luke with predictions of sorrow for the rich and powerful. Those who trust in themselves will be humbled, while those who depend on God will be blessed. The Old Testament prophets often pronounced woes against nations and rulers who oppressed God’s people and rejected his authority (for example, Isaiah 3:11; 5:8; Jeremiah 50:27; Zechariah 11:17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2524-25. rich ... full ... laugh--who have all their good things and joyous feelings here and now, in perishable objects. received your consolation--(see on Lu 16:25). shall hunger--their inward craving strong as ever, but the materials of satisfaction forever gone.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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