Luke 6:21

New Century Version

You people who are now hungry are blessed, because you will be satisfied. You people who are now crying are blessed, because you will laugh with joy.

Cross References

Genesis 17:17

Abraham bowed facedown on the ground and laughed. He said to himself, “Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth to a child when she is ninety?”

Genesis 21:6

And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.

Psalm 107:9

He satisfies the thirsty and fills up the hungry.

Psalm 119:136

Tears stream from my eyes, because people do not obey your teachings.

Psalm 143:6

I lift my hands to you in prayer. As a dry land needs rain, I thirst for you.Selah

Psalm 17:15

Because I have lived right, I will see your face. When I wake up, I will see your likeness and be satisfied.

Psalm 28:7

The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust him, and he helps me. I am very happy, and I praise him with my song.

Psalm 65:4

Happy are the people you choose and invite to stay in your court. We are filled with good things in your house, your holy Temple.

Isaiah 25:6

The Lord All-Powerful will prepare a feast on this mountain for all people. It will be a feast with all the best food and wine, the finest meat and wine.

Isaiah 30:19

You people who live on Mount Zion in Jerusalem will not cry anymore. The Lord will hear your crying, and he will comfort you. When he hears you, he will help you.

Isaiah 66:10

“Jerusalem, rejoice. All you people who love Jerusalem, be happy. Those of you who felt sad for Jerusalem should now feel happy with her.

Jeremiah 13:17

If you don’t listen to him, I will cry secretly because of your pride. I will cry painfully, and my eyes will overflow with tears, because the Lord’s people will be captured.

Jeremiah 31:25

I will give rest and strength to those who are weak and tired.”

Jeremiah 31:9

They will be crying as they come, but they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead those people by streams of water on an even road where they will not stumble. I am Israel’s father, and Israel is my firstborn son.

Jeremiah 9:1

I wish my head were like a spring of water and my eyes like a fountain of tears! Then I could cry day and night for my people who have been killed.

Ezekiel 7:16

Those who are left alive and who escape will be on the mountains, moaning like doves of the valleys about their own sin.

Ezekiel 9:4

He said to the man, “Go through Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who groan and cry about all the hateful things being done among them.”

Matthew 5:4

They are blessed who grieve, for God will comfort them.

Matthew 5:6

They are blessed who hunger and thirst after justice, for they will be satisfied.

Luke 1:53

He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away with nothing.

Luke 6:20

Jesus looked at his followers and said, “You people who are poor are blessed, because the kingdom of God belongs to you.

Luke 6:22

“People will hate you, shut you out, insult you, and say you are evil because you follow the Son of Man. But when they do, you will be blessed.

Luke 6:25

How terrible it will be for you who are full now, because you will be hungry. How terrible it will be for you who are laughing now, because you will be sad and cry.

John 11:35

Jesus cried.

John 4:10

Jesus said, “If you only knew the free gift of God and who it is that is asking you for water, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

John 6:35

Then Jesus said, “I am the bread that gives life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

1 Corinthians 4:11

Even to this very hour we do not have enough to eat or drink or to wear. We are often beaten, and we have no homes in which to live.

2 Corinthians 11:27

I have done hard and tiring work, and many times I did not sleep. I have been hungry and thirsty, and many times I have been without food. I have been cold and without clothes.

2 Corinthians 12:10

For this reason I am happy when I have weaknesses, insults, hard times, sufferings, and all kinds of troubles for Christ. Because when I am weak, then I am truly strong.

2 Corinthians 6:10

We have much sadness, but we are always rejoicing. We are poor, but we are making many people rich in faith. We have nothing, but really we have everything.

James 1:12

When people are tempted and still continue strong, they should be happy. After they have proved their faith, God will reward them with life forever. God promised this to all those who love him.

Revelation 21:3

And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Now God’s presence is with people, and he will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them and will be their God.

Revelation 7:16

Those people will never be hungry again, and they will never be thirsty again. The sun will not hurt them, and no heat will burn them,