Luke 6:26

"Alas for you when men shall all have spoken well of you; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the false Prophets!

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

25"Alas for you who now have plenty to eat, because you will be hungry! "Alas for you who laugh now, because you will mourn and weep aloud!

27"But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies; seek the welfare of those who hate you;

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Cross References

Matthew 7:15"Beware of the false teachers--men who come to you in sheep's fleeces, but beneath that disguise they are ravenous wolves.

John 15:19If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own property. But because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world--for that reason the world hates you.

2 Thessalonians 2:8and then the Lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will sweep away with the tempest of His anger, and utterly overwhelm by the awful splendour of His Coming.

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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