Luke 6:22

Blessed are you whenever men hate you, and whenever they exclude you and heap insults on you and trash your name as ‘malignant’, for the Son of the Man's sake.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

21Blessed are you who hunger now, because you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, because you will laugh.

23Rejoice in that day and skip about! Because your reward really is great in Heaven; for that is how their fathers treated the prophets.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who have been persecuted on account of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.

Matthew 10:22And you will be hated by all for my name's sake; but the one enduring to the end, he will be delivered.

Mark 13:9“But watch out for yourselves, because they will deliver you up to councils and flog you in synagogues, and you will be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them.

Luke 21:17And you will be hated by all because of my name.

John 9:22His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, because the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ he would be barred from the synagogue.

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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