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LUKE 6:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 6:25Luke 6:27
“Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.”
Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets — the woe of universal praise: when everyone speaks well of you, be alarmed rather than pleased — that is how false prophets were treated. Genuine prophets were persecuted; false prophets were celebrated. The popularity that satisfies is the mark of the message that tells people what they want to hear.

Church Fathers on Luke 6:26

Having said before that poverty for God’s sake is the cause of every good thing, and that hunger and weeping will not be without the reward of the saints, he goes on to denounce the opposite to these as the source of condemnation and punishment. But woe to you rich, for you have your consolation.

Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

For this expression, woe, is always said in the Scriptures to those who cannot escape from future punishment.

Chrysostom · 4th century

But although in the abundance of wealth many are the allurements to crime, yet many also are the incitements to virtue. Although virtue requires no support, and the offering of the poor man is more commendable than the liberality of the rich, still it is not those who possess riches, but those who know not how to use them, that are condemned by the authority of the heavenly sentence. For as that poor man is more praiseworthy who gives without grudging, so is the rich man more…

Ambrose · 4th century
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