Luke 6:26
24 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.
Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.
27 But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.
- KJV
- Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
- WEB
- Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.
- ASV
- Woe [unto you], when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.
- DARBY
- Woe, when all men speak well of you, for after this manner did their fathers to the false prophets.
- BLB
- Woe when all men may speak well of you⁺, for according to the same their fathers were doing to the false prophets.
- ÅB
- Ve dere når alle mennesker taler vel om dere! for på samme vis gjorde deres fedre med de falske profeter.
- OTB
- Ve dere når alle taler vel om dere,
for slik behandlet deres forfedre de falske profetene. - B1930
- Ve eder når alle mennesker taler vel om eder! for på samme vis gjorde deres fedre med de falske profeter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 15:19
If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
Read in contextJames 4:4
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
Read in contextMatthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Read in context1 John 4:5–6
They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
Read in contextMicah 2:11
If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
Read in contextIsaiah 30:10
They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
Read in context2 Peter 2:1–3
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
Read in context2 Peter 2:18–19
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
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