Luke 6:26 - Tree of Life Version

²⁶ Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets the same way.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ Woe to (alas for) you when everyone speaks fairly and handsomely of you and praises you, for even so their forefathers did to the false prophets.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.

Common English Bible

²⁶ How terrible for you when all speak well of you. Their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ Woe to you when men will have blessed you. For these same things their fathers did to the false prophets.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ Woe to you when men shall bless you: for according to these things did their fathers to the false prophets.

Luke 6:26 Cross References

Proverbs 27:21

A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold, but a person is proved by the praise he receives.

Isaiah 30:10

They say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right. Speak to us smooth words. Prophesy illusions.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, the kohanim rule by their own authority, and My people love it this way! But what will you do in the end?”

Micah 2:11

If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood speaks lies—“I will prophesy for you of wine and strong drink”—then he would be a spokesman of this people.

Matthew 7:15

“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you who are full, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you shall mourn and weep.

John 15:19

If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. But you are not of the world, since I have chosen you out of the world; therefore the world hates you.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify that its works are evil.

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord the Messiah, but only their own belly. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

James 4:4

You adulteresses! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.