Luke 1:53 - Plain English Version

⁵³ And he gives hungry people good food, and they eat until they are full. But he doesn’t give anything to the rich people. They go away with nothing.

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.

Luke 1:53 Cross References

Psalm 34:10

Sometimes even strong young lions can’t find food and they go hungry, but people that trust God, they have all the good things that they need.

Matthew 5:6

Some people really want to live the right way, and they want other people to live the right way too. They think about that more than anything else, like they are really hungry and thirsty for it to happen. All right, God will give them what they want, and they will be really happy.

Luke 1:54

He feels sorry for his own people, us Israel mob, and he helps us,

John 6:35

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread that gives life to people, so that they will live with God for ever. If anyone comes to me and believes in me, they will get everything they have been looking for. It’s like their spirit will never be hungry and never be thirsty again.

1 Corinthians 1:26

My Christian friends, remember what you were like before God picked you. Most of you were not the smart sort of people. Most of you were not powerful people. Most of you didn’t belong to important families.

1 Corinthians 4:8

You think you know everything, and you think you don’t need to learn anything more, but you are wrong. You think that you are spiritually rich, but you are not. You think you have a lot of power, like you think you are big bosses, and you think that we haven’t got any power, but you are wrong again. You know, it would be good if you had God’s power so that you can be big bosses for him, and Apollos and me can be bosses with you, but that is not the way it is.