Luke 6:26 (LSB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Luke 6:27 “But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Luke 6:28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who disparage you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "speak", "well", "fathers", "doing", "same", "things", "false", and "prophets". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "speak" and "well", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "Woe to you who are well-fed now..." into verse 27's "But I say to you who hear...", so "speak" and "well" 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 "speak" and "well" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.