Luke 6:24
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.
But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
25 Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
- KJV
- But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
- WEB
- “But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.
- ASV
- But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
- DARBY
- But woe to you rich, for ye have received your consolation.
- BLB
- But woe to you⁺ who [are] rich, because you⁺ have your⁺ comfort in full.
- ÅB
- Men ve dere, dere rike! for dere har allerede fått deres trøst.
- OTB
- Men ve dere som er rike,
for dere har allerede fått deres trøst. - B1930
- Men ve eder, I rike! for I har allerede fått eders trøst.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 49:6–7
They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
Read in contextMatthew 6:2
So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:17
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
Read in contextPsalms 49:16–19
Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
Read in contextJames 5:1–6
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
Read in contextJames 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
Read in contextLuke 18:23–25
But when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.
Read in contextAmos 6:1–6
Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
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