But woe unto you that are rich (Πλην ουα υμιν τοις πλουσιοις). Sharp contrast (πλην). As a matter of fact the rich Pharisees and S…

Who are rich. In this world's goods. They loved them; they had sought for them; they found their consolation in them. It implies, further,…

But woe unto you that are rich!—Better, woe for you, the tone being, as sometimes (though, as Matthew 23 shows, …

St. Cyril of Alexandria: Having said before that poverty for God’s sake is the cause of every good thing, and that hunger and …

The woes in both structure and content form a direct contrast to the blessings. This again follows the pattern of Mary’s song in 1:53.

Jesus …

Woe to you that are rich. As Luke has related not more than four kinds of blessings, so he now contrasts with them four curse…

But woe unto you that are rich
Not in worldly riches and substance, for some of these have been, and are happy perso…

Here begins a discourse of Christ, most of which is also found in Matthew chapters 5 and 7. But some think that this was preached at another time a…