Woes to the Satisfied
Luke 6:26
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.
- KJV
- Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
- WEB
- Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.TR adds “to you”TR adds “all”
- ASV
- Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.
- LSV
- Woe to you when all men will speak well of you—for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.
- YLT
- 'Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you — for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.
- DBY
- Woe, when all men speak well of you, for after this manner did their fathers to the false prophets.
- DRC
- Woe to you when men shall bless you: for according to these things did their fathers to the false prophets.
- GNV
- Wo be to you when all men speake well of you: for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
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Where the editions differ
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus include πάντες (“all”); Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read αὐτὰ (“of them”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ταῦτα (“these things”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include ὑμῖν (“to you”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- Word order: Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ὑμᾶς elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place τὰ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: καλῶς ὑμᾶς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read καλῶς ὑμᾶς; Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὑμᾶς καλῶς.
- SBLGNT: πάντες. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πάντες; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
- SBLGNT: τὰ αὐτὰ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τὰ αὐτὰ; Robinson–Pierpont read ταῦτα.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Οὐαὶ ὅταν καλῶς ὑμᾶς εἴπωσιν πάντες οἱ ἄνθρωποι, κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ γὰρ ἐποίουν τοῖς ψευδοπροφήταις οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν.
- RP2018
- Οὐαὶ ὅταν καλῶς ὑμᾶς εἴπωσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι· κατὰ ταῦτα γὰρ ἐποίουν τοῖς ψευδοπροφήταις οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν.
- TR-Boyd
- Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, ὅταν καλῶς ὑμᾶς εἴπωσι πάντες οἱ ἄνθρωποι· κατὰ ταῦτα γὰρ ἐποίουν τοῖς ψευδοπροφήταις οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν.
- SCR1894
- ουαι υμιν οταν καλως υμας ειπωσιν παντες οι ανθρωποι κατα ταυτα γαρ εποιουν τοις ψευδοπροφηταις οι πατερες αυτων
Who and where
◆ Sermon on the Mount
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Sermon on the mountSermon on the Plain, TheSermonFlatteryProphets, FalsePraisePersecutionCrime; CrimesJesus, the Christ
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Cross-references most cited first
- John 15:19If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
- James 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
- Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
- 1 John 4:5–6They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we…
- Micah 2:11If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
- Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
- 2 Peter 2:1–3Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction…
- 2 Peter 2:18–19With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error. They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to…
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8–12And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival. The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of…
- Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
- Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
- Revelation 13:3–4One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast. They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and…
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- 1 Kings 22:24–28Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?” Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day…
- 1 Kings 22:6–8So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand…
- 1 Kings 22:13–14Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.” But…
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