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"But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.
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Not About Money, But Mastery
Commentators clarify this 'woe' is not against possessing wealth, but being possessed by it. The warning is for those who find their ultimate comfort and satisfaction in worldly things, causing them to neglect spiritual realities. As John Calvin highlights, the Bible presents the faithful patriarch Abraham as a rich man, showing that wealth itself is not the core issue.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 (Πλην ουα υμιν τοις πλουσιοις). Sharp contrast (πλην). As a matter of fact the rich Pharisees and S…
19th Century
Anglican
But woe unto you that are rich!—Better, woe for you, the tone being, as sometimes (though, as Matthew 23 shows, …
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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 …
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But woe unto you that are rich Not in worldly riches and substance, for some of these have been, and are happy perso…
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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…
