Luke 6:21

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Luke 6:21

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Summary

Luke 6:21

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Ye that hunger

For ye shall be

Ye that weep

Ye shall laugh

Isaiah 65:14

General references

Matthew 5:4

Bible References

Ye that hunger

"Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.

For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!

I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.

"Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.

in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.

Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

For ye shall be

As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face; when I awake you will reveal yourself to me.

A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

How blessed is the one whom you choose, and allow to live in your palace courts. May we be satisfied with the good things of your house -- your holy palace.

For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.

The Lord who commands armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine -- tender meat and choicest wine.

For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.

You will say to the prisoners, 'Come out,' and to those who are in dark dungeons, 'Emerge.' They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.

So this is what the sovereign Lord says: "Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!

Be happy for Jerusalem and rejoice with her, all you who love her! Share in her great joy, all you who have mourned over her!

I will provide the priests with abundant provisions. My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide."

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.

Jesus answered her, "If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you, 'Give me some water to drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never go hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty.

On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and

They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat,

Ye that weep

"Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.

I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me, "Where is your God?"

Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law.

Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest.

It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.

For people will live in Zion; in Jerusalem you will weep no more. When he hears your cry of despair, he will indeed show you mercy; when he hears it, he will respond to you.

I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.

The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,

I wish that my head were a well full of water and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people who have been killed.

But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the Lord's flock, will be carried into exile."

They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel's father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.'"

Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan -- each one for his iniquity.

The Lord said to him, "Go through the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it."

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Jesus wept.

I tell you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into joy.

I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit --

who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.

My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,

This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: "Look! The residence of God is among human beings. He will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.

Ye shall laugh

Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself, "Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"

Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me."

The Lord strengthens and protects me; I trust in him with all my heart. I am rescued and my heart is full of joy; I will sing to him in gratitude.

Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.

A song of ascents. When the Lord restored the well-being of Zion, we thought we were dreaming.

At that time you will say: "I praise you, O Lord, for even though you were angry with me, your anger subsided, and you consoled me.

Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; you will wail because your spirits will be crushed.

General references

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.