Luke 6:26
New International Version
Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

New Living Translation
What sorrow awaits you who are praised by the crowds, for their ancestors also praised false prophets.

English Standard Version
“Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

Berean Standard Bible
Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.

Berean Literal Bible
Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for according to these things their fathers used to treat the false prophets likewise.

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

New King James Version
Woe to you when all men speak well of you, For so did their fathers to the false prophets.

New American Standard Bible
Woe to you when all the people speak well of you; for their fathers used to treat the false prophets the same way.

NASB 1995
“Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets in the same way.

NASB 1977
“Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for in the same way their fathers used to treat the false prophets.

Legacy Standard Bible
Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers were doing the same things to the false prophets.

Amplified Bible
Woe to you when all the people speak well of you and praise you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets in the same way.

Christian Standard Bible
Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for this is the way their ancestors used to treat the false prophets.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for this is the way their ancestors used to treat the false prophets.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Woe to you when men shall say wonderful things about you, for so were their fathers doing to the false Prophets!” Critical

Contemporary English Version
You are in for trouble when everyone says good things about you. That is what your own people said about those prophets who told lies.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Woe to you when men shall bless you: for according to these things did their fathers to the false prophets.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
How horrible it will be for you when everyone says nice things about you. That's the way their ancestors treated the false prophets.

Good News Translation
"How terrible when all people speak well of you; their ancestors said the very same things about the false prophets.

International Standard Version
"How terrible it will be for you when everyone says nice things about you, because that's the way their ancestors used to treat the false prophets!"

Literal Standard Version
Woe to you when all men will speak well of you—for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.

Majority Standard Bible
Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.

New American Bible
Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way.

NET Bible
"Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets.

New Revised Standard Version
“Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets.

New Heart English Bible
Woe when all people speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.

Webster's Bible Translation
Woe to you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Weymouth New Testament
"Alas for you when men shall all have spoken well of you; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the false Prophets!

World English Bible
Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.

Young's Literal Translation
'Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you -- for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Woes
25Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. 26Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way. 27But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,…

Cross References
Proverbs 27:21
A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.

Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

Luke 6:25
Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.


Treasury of Scripture

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

when.

Micah 2:11
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

John 7:7
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

John 15:19
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

so.

1 Kings 22:6-8,13,14,24-28
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king…

Isaiah 30:10
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

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Luke 6
1. Jesus reproves the Pharisees;
12. chooses apostles;
17. heals the diseased;
20. preaches to his disciples before the people: the beattitudes;
27. Love your Enemy
37. Do not Judge
43. A Tree and Its Fruit
46. The House on the Rock














(26) So did their fathers to the false prophets.--The words are of very wide application, but it is probable that there is a special reference in them to the time of Hezekiah and the later kings of Judah. (Comp. Isaiah 30:10; Jeremiah 5:31.) They open a wide question as to the worth of praise as a test of human conduct, and tend to a conclusion quite the reverse of that implied in the maxim, Vox populi, vox Dei. Truth, in matters which, like religion or politics, impinge on men's interests or prejudices, is often, if not always, on the side of the minority, sometimes even on that of one who is as an Athanasius contra mundum. On the other hand, praise (Philippians 4:8) and good repute (1Timothy 3:7) have their value as the witnesses borne by the moral sense of men, when not deadened or perverted to the beauty of holiness, the testimonium. anim? naturaliter Christian? to the moral excellence of the followers of Christ.

Verse 26. - Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! Dean Plumptre, with great force, remarks that these words "open a wide question as to the worth of praise as a test of human conduct, and tend to a conclusion quite the reverse of that implied in the maxim, Vox populi, vox Dei. So did their fathers to the false prophets. A good instance of this is found in 1 Kings 18:19, where Queen Jezebel honours the false prophets. See, too, King Ahab's conduct to such men (1 Kings 22.), and Jeremiah's bitter plaint respecting the popularity of these false men (Jeremiah 5:31). At this point, according to St. Luke's report, the Master paused. It would seem as though he was fearful lest the awful woes foretold as the doom of the rich, the powerful, and the persecutor, should impart a too sombre hue to the thoughts which his followers would in coming days entertain of the world of men about them. He would have his own think of the circle outside the little world of believers with no bitter and revengeful thoughts, but rather with that Divine pity which he felt and showed to all poor fallen creatures. 'See now," the Master went on to say, 'notwithstanding the wee which will one day fall on the selfish rich and great ones of earth, and to whom you, my people, will surely be objects of dislike and hate, while you and they are on earth together, the part you have to play with regard to these is steadily to return love for hate."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Woe to you
Οὐαὶ (Ouai)
Interjection
Strong's 3759: Woe!, alas!, uttered in grief or denunciation. A primary exclamation of grief; 'woe'.

when
ὅταν (hotan)
Conjunction
Strong's 3752: When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as.

all
πάντες (pantes)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

men
ἄνθρωποι (anthrōpoi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

speak
εἴπωσιν (eipōsin)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

well
καλῶς (kalōs)
Adverb
Strong's 2573: Well, nobly, honorably, rightly. Adverb from kalos; well.

of you,
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

for
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

their
αὐτὰ (auta)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

fathers
πατέρες (pateres)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

treated
ἐποίουν (epoioun)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

the
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

false prophets
ψευδοπροφήταις (pseudoprophētais)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5578: From pseudes and prophetes; a spurious prophet, i.e. Pretended foreteller or religious impostor.

in the same way.
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


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