Tree of Life Version
Luke 6:23
23Rejoice in that day and jump for joy! For behold, your reward is great in heaven! For their fathers used to treat the prophets the same way.”
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
21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. 22Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile you, and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and jump for joy! For behold, your reward is great in heaven! For their fathers used to treat the prophets the same way.” 24But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full. 25Woe to you who are full, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you shall 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 presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were considered worthy to be dishonored on account of His name.
- Romans 5:3And not only that, but we also boast in suffering—knowing that suffering produces perseverance;
- 2 Corinthians 12:10For Messiah’s sake, then, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in distresses, in persecutions, in calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
- Colossians 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and in my physical body—for the sake of His body, Messiah’s community—I fill up what is lacking in the afflictions of Messiah.
- James 1:2Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
- Luke 1:41When Elizabeth heard Miriam’s greeting, the unborn child leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was completely filled with the Ruach ha-Kodesh.
- 2 Samuel 6:16But as the ark of Adonai entered the city of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before Adonai, so she despised him in her heart.
- Isaiah 35:6Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing. For water will burst forth in the desert and streams in the wilderness.
- Acts 3:8Jumping up, he stood and began walking; and he went with them into the Temple, walking and leaping and praising God!
- Acts 14:10he said with a loud voice, “Stand right up! On your feet!” And the man leaped up and began to walk around!
- Luke 6:35“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great and you will be sons of Elyon, for He is kind to the ungrateful and evil ones.
- Matthew 5:12Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great! For in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
- Matthew 6:1“Beware of practicing your righteousness before others to be seen by them; otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:5This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed 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 fought the good fight, I have finished the course, 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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