Luke 6:23
Chapter 6
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Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for a great reward is kept for you in heaven. Remember, that is how the ancestors of the people treated the prophets.
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for a great reward is kept for you in heaven. Remember, that is how the ancestors of the people treated the prophets.
Commentaries
A Large Crowd Approaches – Sermon On the Plain: Blessed and Unblessed.
Luke highlights Jesus’ beatitudes through four difficult aspects of life: poverty, hunger, weeping (sadness), and persecution. And not because they are divine will, quite the opposite. That is why we can understand his woes as a prophetic lament—essentially, a warning to those who promote and perpetuate injustice, indifference, inequality, and marginalization. With these woes, Jesus denounces the mean-spirited attitude of those who have based their lives on possessions and goods without considering those who have nothing; of those who consume and gorge themselves without thinking of the hungry; of those who enjoy life and have fun without acknowledging those who weep and suffer; of those who chase fame and comfort instead of standing against injustice. What is the meaning of a life lived this way?