Luke 6:24

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Summary

Luke 6:24

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

Woe

For

Luke 16:19

Matthew 6:2

Bible References

Woe

And he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourselves from all greediness, because not [even] when someone has an abundance {does} his life [consist] of his possessions."

But [when he] heard these [things] he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.

"Why do [the] wicked live, grow old, even grow mighty [in] power?

those who trust their wealth and boast about the abundance of their riches?

because I envied the boastful [when] I saw [the] well-being of [the] wicked.

for the waywardness of the simple ones will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Then I said, "[They are] just simple people, they are foolish, for they know not the way of Yahweh, the law of their God.

Hear this word, [you] cows of Bashan who [live] on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the powerless, who crush the poor, who say to their husbands, "Bring [something] so that we may drink!"

Alas [for] those being at ease in Zion, and those who feel secure on Mount Samaria, the notables of the best of the nations! The house of Israel resorts to them.

'The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,' says Yahweh of hosts, 'and in this place I will give peace' {declares} Yahweh of hosts.'"

Command those [who are] rich in this present age not to be proud and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in God, who provides us all [things] richly for enjoyment,

But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich exploiting you and they themselves dragging you into the courts?

Come now, you rich people, weep [and] cry aloud over the miseries that are coming upon you!

Pay back to her as she herself also paid out, and {pay back double} according to her deeds; in the cup that she mixed, mix double for her.

For

"Now a certain man was rich, and dressed [in] purple cloth and fine linen, feasting sumptuously every day.

Therefore whenever you practice charitable giving, do not sound a trumpet in front of you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, in order that they may be praised by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full!