Luke 6:25

Translations

Modern

Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Traditional

Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

Literal

Woe to you who have been filled now, because you will hunger. Woe to those laughing now, because you will mourn and weep.

Latin

Væ vobis, qui saturati estis: quia esurietis. Væ vobis, qui ridetis nunc: quia lugebitis et flebitis.

Original

Greek

English

Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Notes

Luke 6:24–26

Promises of blessing for the poor and oppressed are balanced in Luke with predictions of sorrow for the rich and powerful. Those who trust in themselves will be humbled, while those who depend on God will be blessed. The Old Testament prophets often pronounced woes against nations and rulers who oppressed God’s people and rejected his authority (for example, Isaiah 3:11; 5:8; Jeremiah 50:27; Zechariah 11:17).

Luke 6:17–49

The main theme of the great sermon of Jesus is that those who repent and enter the kingdom of God will live in a truly righteous way.

Theme notes and profiles

Material Reward Rich and Poor in the Gospel of Luke The Blessings of Jesus The Day Is Coming

Events

Sermon on the Mountc. AD 28

Related verses

Isaiah 65:13
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
James 4:9
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
Luke 16:14–15
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
Job 20:5–7
…the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
Amos 8:10
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
Revelation 3:17
You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Revelation 18:7–11
As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’
Luke 8:53
And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.
Philippians 4:12–13
I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need.
Matthew 22:11–13
But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.

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