Luke 6:21 (LSB)

Passage

Blessed are those who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are those who cry now, for you shall laugh.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:19 And all the crowd was trying to touch Him, for power was coming from Him and healing them all.

Luke 6:20 And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, “Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Luke 6:21 Blessed are those who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are those who cry now, for you shall laugh.

Luke 6:22 Blessed are you when men hate you, and exclude you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

Luke 6:23 Be glad in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For their fathers were doing the same things to the prophets.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blessed", "hunger", "shall", "satisfied", and "laugh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blessed" and "hunger", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "And turning His gaze toward His disciples..." into verse 22's "Blessed are you when men hate you...", so "blessed" and "hunger" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "blessed" and "hunger" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.