Luke 6:26
Woe to you, when men shall speak your praise; for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 that are full; for ye will hunger. Woe to you that laugh now, for ye will weep and mourn.
27And to you who hear, I say: Love your enemies; and do favors to them that hate you;
Cross References
Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets; who come to you in the garb of sheep, but internally they are rapacious wolves.
John 15:19And if ye were of the world, the world would love what is of it. But ye are not of the world, for I have chosen you out of the world; for this cause, the world hateth you.
2 Thessalonians 2:8then at length will that evil One be revealed; whom our Lord Jesus will consume by the breath of his mouth, and will bring to naught by the visibility 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 →