Luke 6:26 “Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated t…”

Luke 6:26

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers 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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wo be to you when all men speake well of you: for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Darby Translation

Woe, when all men speak well of you, for after this manner did their fathers 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.

Bible in Basic English

Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

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Cross references

“when”

John 15:19 James 4:4 Micah 2:11 2 Thessalonians 2:8–12 John 7:7 Romans 16:18

John 15:19 · BSB

If 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 4:4 · BSB

You 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.

Micah 2:11 · BSB

If 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!

2 Thessalonians 2:8–12 · BSB

And 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.

John 7:7 · BSB

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

Romans 16:18 · BSB

For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

“so”

Isaiah 30:10 2 Peter 2:1–3 Jeremiah 5:31 1 Kings 22:6–8 1 Kings 22:24–28 1 Kings 22:13

Isaiah 30:10 · BSB

They 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 2:1–3 · BSB

Now 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 o…

Jeremiah 5:31 · BSB

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

1 Kings 22:6–8 · BSB

So 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 of…

1 Kings 22:24–28 · BSB

Then 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?”

1 Kings 22:13 · BSB

Then 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.”

Also

Matthew 7:15

Matthew 7:15 · BSB

Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

27But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

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