Luke 6:26
Woe to you when the sons of men shall speak well of you, for so did to the prophets of falsity their fathers.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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
27But I say to you who hear, Love your adversaries, and do good to those who hate you,
Cross References
Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but within are ravening wolves.
John 15:19And if of the world you were, the world its own would have loved; but you are not of the world, for I have chosen you from the world; on which account the world hateth you.
2 Thessalonians 2:8then will be revealed that evil one, whom our Lord Jeshu will consume by the spirit of his mouth, and will abolish by the revelation of his advent.
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 →