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22 You are blessed whenever people hate you, and whenever they separate[a] you, and reproach you, and throw-out your name as evil because-of [b] the Son of Man. 23 Rejoice on that day and leap-for-joy, for behold— your reward is great in heaven. For their fathers were doing it in the same way to the prophets. 24 But woe to you rich ones, because you are receiving your comfort in full.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:22 That is, exclude.
  2. Luke 6:22 That is, from the persecutor’s point of view; or, for the sake of, from the believer’s point of view.

22 Blessed are you when people hate you,
    when they exclude you(A) and insult you(B)
    and reject your name as evil,
        because of the Son of Man.(C)

23 “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy,(D) because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.(E)

24 “But woe to you who are rich,(F)
    for you have already received your comfort.(G)

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