Luke 6:24 (LSB)

Passage

But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full.

Nearby Context

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.

Luke 6:25 Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and cry.

Luke 6:26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers were doing the same things to the false prophets.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "rich", "receiving", "comfort", and "full". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "rich" and "receiving", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "Be glad in that day and leap..." into verse 25's "Woe to you who are well-fed now...", so "rich" and "receiving" 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 "rich" and "receiving" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.