New English Translation
Luke 6:23
23Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors did the same things to the prophets.
Luke 6:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
- New International Version (NIV)“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in heaven, For in like manner their fathers did to the prophets.
Context of Luke 6:23
21“Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 22“Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man! Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors did the same things to the prophets. 24“But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already. 25“Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry. “Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
Read all of Luke 6Luke 6:23 word by word
χάρητε ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ καὶ σκιρτήσατε· ἰδοὺ γὰρ ὁ μισθὸς ὑμῶν πολὺς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ. κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ γὰρ ἐποίουν τοῖς προφήταις οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Rejoice yeχαίρωchairō · to rejoiceG5463
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
- dayὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- leap for joyσκιρτάωskirtaō · to leapG4640
- forγάρgar · forG1063
- beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- yourσύsu · youG4771
- rewardμισθόςmisthos · wageG3408
- greatπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
- heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
- inκατάkata · according toG2596
- the like mannerοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- didποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
- theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- fathersπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
- unto the prophetsπροφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396
Cross-references for Luke 6:23
- Acts 5:41So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.
- Romans 5:3Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
- 2 Corinthians 12:10Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
- Colossians 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body – for the sake of his body, the church – what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.
- James 1:2My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,
- Luke 1:41When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
- 2 Samuel 6:16As the ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked out the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him.
- Isaiah 35:6Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will flow in the desert, streams in the wilderness.
- Acts 3:8He jumped up, stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
- Acts 14:10he said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And the man leaped up and began walking.
- Luke 6:35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people.
- Matthew 5:12Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.
- Matthew 6:1“Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:5This is evidence of God’s righteous judgment, to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering.
- 2 Timothy 2:12If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us.
- 2 Timothy 4:7I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith!
Commentaries on Luke 6:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Did - unto the prophets - See 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 19:20; 2 Chronicles 24:21; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Nehemiah 9:26.Read the comment
- 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. 23treated the prophets in the same way: See “The Suffering Prophet” Theme Note.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. leap for joy--a livelier word than "be exceeding glad" of "exult" (Mt 5:12).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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