But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort — the Woes are unique to Luke's version of the Beatitudes, creating a prophetic balance of blessing and warning. Woe to you who are rich: the rich have already received their comfort (apechete, you have received in full, the word used for receipts). The present comfort exhausts the claim on future blessing — those who have their reward now will not receive it then.

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