Luke 6:22 (LSB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Luke 6:24 But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blessed", "hate", "exclude", "insult", "scorn", "name", "evil", and "sake". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blessed" and "hate", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "Blessed are those who hunger now for..." into verse 23's "Be glad in that day and leap...", so "blessed" and "hate" 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 "hate" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.