Luke 1:53 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁵³ He has filled the hungry with good things and has sent the rich away empty-handed.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵³ He hath filled the hungry with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵³ He has filled and satisfied the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty-handed [without a gift].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵³ The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.

Common English Bible

⁵³ He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty-handed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵³ He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵³ He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

Luke 1:53 Cross References

Matthew 5:6

“Those persons who have an appetite for whatever is right are blessed because they will be satisfied.

Luke 1:54

(As He said to our forefathers), He has helped His servants, the Israelites, [showing] that He remembered to be merciful

Luke 6:21

Those of you who now have an appetite [i.e., for doing what is right] are blessed, because you will be satisfied [eventually]. Those of you who cry now [i.e., over your sins] are blessed, because you will laugh [i.e., when you are forgiven later].

Luke 6:24

But it is too bad for you rich people because you have [already] received [all] the comforts [you are going to get].

John 6:35

Jesus replied, “I am the bread who gives [spiritual] life; the person who comes to me will never get hungry [again], and the one who believes in me will never get thirsty [again].

1 Corinthians 1:26

Now consider how you were when you were called, brothers. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were from prominent families.

1 Corinthians 4:8

[Now] you already have all you want! You have already become wealthy! You have begun to rule as kings without our help! How I wish that you had [really] begun to rule as kings, so that we also could rule with you!