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

23Be glad in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For in the same way their fathers used to treat the prophets. 24But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full. Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep. 26Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets in the same way. 27“But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good 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

• Woeοὐαίouai · woe!G3759
• nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
• for you shall be hungryπεινάωpeinaō · to hungerG3983
• who laughγελάωgelaō · to laughG1070
• for you shall mournπενθέωpentheō · to mournG3996
• and weepκλαίωklaiō · to weepG2799

Cross-references for Luke 6:25

• Deuteronomy 6:11and houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are satisfied,
• 1 Samuel 2:5Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, But those who were hungry cease to hunger. Even the barren gives birth to seven, But she who has many children languishes.
• Proverbs 30:9That I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or that I not be in want and steal, And profane the name of my God.
• Isaiah 28:7And these also reel with wine and stagger from strong drink: The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, They are confused by wine, they stagger from strong drink; They reel while having visions, They totter when rendering judgment.
• Isaiah 65:13Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry. Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
• Philippians 4:12I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.
• Revelation 3:17Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,
• Isaiah 8:21They will pass through the land hard-pressed and famished, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will be enraged and curse their king and their God as they face upward.
• Isaiah 9:20They slice off what is on the right hand but still are hungry, And they eat what is on the left hand but they are not satisfied; Each of them eats the flesh of his own arm.
• Luke 8:53And they began laughing at Him, knowing that she had died.
• Luke 16:14Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him.
• Psalms 22:6But I am a worm and not a man, A reproach of men and despised by the people.
• Proverbs 14:13Even in laughter the heart may be in pain, And the end of joy may be grief.
• Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, “It is madness,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
• Ecclesiastes 7:3Sorrow is better than laughter, For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.
• Ephesians 5:4and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

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