Now (νυν). Here twice as in verse 21 in contrast with future punishment. The joys and sorrows in these two verses are turned round…

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Isaiah 28:7; Isaiah 65:13

laugh now (Proverbs 14:13; [Refe…

Woe unto you that are full!—The fullness is, as the context shows, that of the satiety of over-indulgence. The word is cl…

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 who are filled. Woe to you who laugh now. In the same sense, he pronounces a curse on those who are satiated and full:…

Woe unto you that are full
Not so much with the plenty and affluence of the things of this life, as of themselves, a…

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…