Luke 6:26

Woe to you when men will have blessed you. For these same things their fathers did to the false prophets.

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In The King James Version

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

In Context

25Woe to you who are satisfied, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

27But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:6Therefore, the king of Israel gathered together the prophets, about four hundred men, and he said to them, “Should I go to Ramoth Gilead to make war, or should I be at peace?” They responded, “Ascend, and the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”

1 Kings 22:24Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, drew near and struck Micaiah on the jaw, and he said, “So then, has the Spirit of the Lord left me, and spoken to you?”

Jeremiah 5:31The prophets have prophesied lies, and the priests have applauded with their hands, and my people have loved these things. So then, what shall be done at the very end?”

Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

John 15:19If you had been of the world, the world would love what is its own. Yet truly, you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world; because of this, the world hates you.

2 Thessalonians 2:8And then that iniquitous one shall be revealed, the one whom the Lord Jesus shall bring to ruin with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy at the brightness of his return:

Matthew Henry on Luke 6:21-27

Blessings and Woes. 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the… Read the whole commentary →

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