Luke 6:24

But woe to you (who are) rich, because you have received your consolation.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

In Context

23Rejoice in that day, and exult, for your reward is great in heaven; for thus did they to your fathers the prophets.

25Woe to you (who are) full, for you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall weep and lament.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:5And when thou prayest, be not as the face-takers, who love to stand in the assemblies and at the corners of the streets to pray, that they may be seen of men; and truly I say to you that they receive their reward.

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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