Luke 6:23

23 Rejoice then, and be very happy! You have a great reward in heaven. That's the way their ancestors treated the prophets.

Luke 6:23 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 6:23

Rejoice ye in that day
When they should be hated, discarded, reproached, and anathematized: and leap for joy; as if the greatest honour and happiness imaginable had been conferred on them; and as persons do, when in the greatest rapture:

for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for in the like manner did
their fathers unto the prophets;
(See Gill on Matthew 5:12).

Luke 6:23 In-Context

21 Blessed are those who are hungry. They will be satisfied. Blessed are those who are crying. They will laugh.

22 Blessed are you when people hate you, avoid you, insult you, and slander you because you are committed to the Son of Man.

23 Rejoice then, and be very happy! You have a great reward in heaven. That's the way their ancestors treated the prophets.

24 "But how horrible it will be for those who are rich. They have had their comfort.

25 How horrible it will be for those who are well-fed. They will be hungry. How horrible it will be for those who are laughing. They will mourn and cry.