Luke 6:25

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 then, and be very happy! You have a great reward in heaven. That’s the way their ancestors treated the prophets. 24“But how horrible it will be for those who are rich. They have had their comfort. How 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. 26How horrible it will be for you when everyone says nice things about you. That’s the way their ancestors treated the false prophets. 27“But I tell everyone who is listening: Love your enemies. Be kind to those who hate you.

Luke 6:25 word by word

Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν οἱ ἐμπεπλησμένοι νῦν, ὅτι πεινάσετε.¶ Οὐαὶ οἱ γελῶντες νῦν, ὅτι πενθήσετε καὶ κλαύσετε.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Woeοὐαίouai · woe!G3759
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• that are fullἐμπίμπλημιempiplēmi emplēthō · to fill upG1705
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• ye shall hungerπεινάωpeinaō · to hungerG3983
• that laughγελάωgelaō · to laughG1070
• nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
• ye shall mournπενθέωpentheō · to mournG3996
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• weepκλαίωklaiō · to weepG2799

Cross-references for Luke 6:25

• Deuteronomy 6:11Your houses will be filled with all kinds of things that you didn’t put there. You will have cisterns that you didn’t dig and vineyards and olive trees that you didn’t plant. After you have eaten all that you want,
• 1 Samuel 2:5Those who were well-fed hire themselves out for a piece of bread, but those who were hungry hunger no more. Even the woman who was childless gives birth to seven children, but the mother of many children grieves all alone.
• Proverbs 30:9or I may feel satisfied and deny you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ or I may become poor and steal and give the name of my God a bad reputation.
• Isaiah 28:7Priests and prophets stagger from wine and wobble from too much liquor. They stagger from too much liquor and become confused from too much wine. They wobble because of their liquor. They stagger when they see visions. They swerve as they judge.
• 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.
• Philippians 4:12I know how to live in poverty or prosperity. No matter what the situation, I’ve learned the secret of how to live when I’m full or when I’m hungry, when I have too much or when I have too little.
• Revelation 3:17You say, ‘I’m rich. I’m wealthy. I don’t need anything.’ Yet, you do not realize that you are miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
• Isaiah 8:21They will pass through the land when they are hard-pressed and hungry. When they are hungry, they will be furious. Then they will look up, cursing their king and God.
• Isaiah 9:20On the right, one gobbles up food and is still hungry. On the left, another eats and is never full. Each person eats the flesh from his own arm.
• Luke 8:53They laughed at him because they knew she was dead.
• Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who love money, heard all this and were making sarcastic remarks about him.
• Psalms 22:6Yet, I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned by humanity and despised by people.
• Proverbs 14:13Even while laughing a heart can ache, and joy can end in grief.
• Ecclesiastes 2:2I thought, “Laughter doesn’t make any sense. What does pleasure accomplish?”
• Ecclesiastes 7:3Sorrow is better than laughter because, in spite of a sad face, the heart can be joyful.
• Ephesians 5:4It’s not right that dirty stories, foolish talk, or obscene jokes should be mentioned among you either. Instead, give thanks ⌞to God⌟.

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