Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep — the Woes mirror the Beatitudes in reverse: the well-fed will hunger, the laughing will mourn. The now/will contrast is the present abundance that will give way to future deprivation. The laughing who will mourn are those whose laughter is not the joy of the kingdom but the satisfaction of those who have received their portion in the present age.

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