Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 6:25

"Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe [unto you], ye that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep." — Luke 6:25 (ASV)

Woe unto you that are full!—The fullness is, as the context shows, that of the satiety of over-indulgence. The word is closely connected with that fullness (rather than “satisfying”) of the flesh of which St. Paul speaks in Colossians 2:23.

Woe unto you that laugh now!—We note here, as so often elsewhere, an echo of our Lord’s teaching, in that of James the brother of the Lord. He, too, presents the same contrast, Let your laughter be turned to mourning (James 4:9).