"But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are full, for you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep. Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false prophets." Luke 6: 24-26.
This is part of Luke's version of Jesus Sermon on the Mount; I printed the verses so that we can refer to what Jesus actually said in order to discover the meaning of His Words. To put these words into context, Jesus was reminding the people, that they are required to not only listen to the words but also discern if they are true or not. This goes hand in hand with the Beatitudes Jesus told them about earlier in this chapter of Luke. Jesus has been teaching the people the ways and words of God. Some of Jesus teachings were quite different from what the Sadducees and the Pharisees taught. Jesus was likening this misunderstanding to what the Jews forefathers had faced when they were confronted with true and false teachers and prophets. They also had to decide which of the teachings was correct and which was false. The Jewish forefathers chose the wrong people to believe, because they were discerning on their own understanding. The Old Testament is full of their mistakes. Jesus is asking them to discern according to God's Word, God will tell you who is right. As the Jews of old, they were well off before Nebuchadnezzar actually took the Southern Kingdom by force. You need to discern according to God's understanding not yours.
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