Luke 6:21

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 entire crowd was trying to touch him because power was coming from him and curing all of them. 20Jesus looked at his disciples and said, “Blessed are those who are poor. God’s kingdom is theirs. Blessed are those who are hungry. They will be satisfied. Blessed are those who are crying. They will laugh. 22Blessed are you when people hate you, avoid you, insult you, and slander you because you are committed to the Son of Man. 23Rejoice then, and be very happy! You have a great reward in heaven. That’s the way their ancestors treated the prophets.

Luke 6:21 word by word

Μακάριοι οἱ πεινῶντες νῦν, ὅτι χορτασθήσεσθε.¶ Μακάριοι οἱ κλαίοντες νῦν, ὅτι γελάσετε.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Blessedμακάριοςmakarios · blessedG3107
• that hungerπεινάωpeinaō · to hungerG3983
• nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• ye shall be filledχορτάζωchortazō · to feedG5526
• that weepκλαίωklaiō · to weepG2799
• ye shall laughγελάωgelaō · to laughG1070

Cross-references for Luke 6:21

• Luke 6:25How horrible it will be for those who are well-fed. They will be hungry. How horrible it will be for those who are laughing. They will mourn and cry.
• Luke 1:53He fed hungry people with good food. He sent rich people away with nothing.
• Psalms 42:1As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.
• Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to you in prayer. Like parched land, my soul thirsts for you. Selah
• Isaiah 55:1“Listen! Whoever is thirsty, come to the water! Whoever has no money can come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk. You don’t have to pay; it’s free!
• 1 Corinthians 4:11To this moment, we are hungry, thirsty, poorly dressed, roughly treated, and homeless.
• 2 Corinthians 11:27Because I’ve had to work so hard, I’ve often gone without sleep, been hungry and thirsty, and gone without food and without proper clothes during cold weather.
• 2 Corinthians 12:10Therefore, I accept weakness, mistreatment, hardship, persecution, and difficulties suffered for Christ. It’s clear that when I’m weak, I’m strong.
• Psalms 17:15I will see your face when I am declared innocent. When I wake up, I will be satisfied ⌞with seeing⌟ you.
• Psalms 63:1O God, you are my God. At dawn I search for you. My soul thirsts for you. My body longs for you in a dry, parched land where there is no water.
• Psalms 65:4Blessed is the person you choose and invite to live with you in your courtyards. We will be filled with good food from your house, from your holy temple.
• Psalms 107:9He gave plenty to drink to those who were thirsty. He filled those who were hungry with good food.
• Isaiah 25:6On this mountain the Lord of Armies will prepare for all people a feast with the best foods, a banquet with aged wines, with the best foods and the finest wines.
• Isaiah 44:3I will pour water on thirsty ground and rain on dry land. I will pour my Spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your descendants.
• Isaiah 49:9You will say to the prisoners, “Come out,” and to those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves.” They will graze along every path, and they will find pastures on every bare hill.
• Isaiah 65:13This is what the Lord God says: My servants will eat, but you will be hungry. My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. My servants will be glad, but you will be ashamed.

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

Topics related to Luke 6:21

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Desire
• Hunger
• Jesus, the Christ
• Repentance
• Righteous
• Seekers
• Sermon

In the dictionaries

• Abundance
• Gospels
• Hate
• Reproach
• Sermon on the mount
• Thanks
• Unthankful
• Beatitudes
• Jesus Christ
• Laughter

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