Luke 6:21

Modern English Version

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Cross References

Genesis 17:17

Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”

Genesis 21:6

And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. All who hear will laugh with me.”

Psalm 107:9

For He satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.

Psalm 119:136

Rivers of water run down from my eyes, because they keep not Your law.

Psalm 143:6

I stretch forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a thirsty land.    Selah

Psalm 17:15

As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.

Psalm 28:7

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I was helped; therefore my heart rejoices, and with my song I will thank Him.

Psalm 65:4

Blessed is the man You choose and allow to approach You, that he may dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.

Isaiah 25:6

In this mountain the Lord of Hosts shall prepare for all people a lavish feast, a feast of aged wines, choice pieces full of marrow, and refined, aged wines.

Isaiah 30:19

O people in Zion, inhabitants in Jerusalem, you shall weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry. When He hears it, He will answer you.

Isaiah 66:10

Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice exceedingly with her, all you who mourn for her,

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you will not listen to it, my soul will weep in secret places for your pride; and my eyes will weep sorely and run down with tears, because the flock of the Lord is carried away captive.

Jeremiah 31:25

For I satiate the weary souls and I replenish every languishing soul.

Jeremiah 31:9

They will come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble. For I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh, that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Ezekiel 7:16

Even when their survivors escape, they shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one over his iniquity.

Ezekiel 9:4

And the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan for all the abominations that are done in its midst.”

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Luke 1:53

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

Luke 6:20

He lifted up His eyes on His disciples, and said: “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they separate you from their company and insult you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you who are filled, for you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

John 11:35

Jesus wept.

John 4:10

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

John 6:35

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me shall never hunger, and whoever believes in Me shall never thirst.

1 Corinthians 4:11

Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are poorly clothed and beaten and homeless.

2 Corinthians 11:27

in weariness and painfulness, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.

2 Corinthians 12:10

So I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in hardships, in persecutions, and in distresses for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; and as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

Revelation 21:3

And I heard a loud voice from heaven, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them. They shall be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God.

Revelation 7:16

‘They shall neither hunger any more, nor shall they thirst any more; the sun shall not strike them,’ nor any scorching heat;