Luke 6:21

19 The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.

20 Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. 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 your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
KJV
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
WEB
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
ASV
Blessed [are] ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed [are] ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
DARBY
Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.
BLB
Blessed [are] those hungering now, because you⁺ will be filled. Blessed [are] those weeping now, because you⁺ will laugh.
ÅB
Salige er dere som nå hungrer; for dere skal mettes. Salige er dere som nå gråter; for dere skal le.
OTB
Salige er dere som er sultne nå,
for dere skal bli mettet.
Salige er dere som gråter nå,
for dere skal finne glede.
B1930
Salige er I som nu hungrer; for I skal mettes. Salige er I som nu gråter; for I skal le.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 6:35

    Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.

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  • James 1:12

    Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

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  • Matthew 5:6

    Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

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  • Isaiah 61:1–3

    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

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  • Revelation 7:16

    ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’

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  • Matthew 5:4

    Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

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  • Isaiah 55:1–2

    “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

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  • Psalms 107:9

    For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

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