Luke 1:53

1:53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.

Luke 12:21

12:21 So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”


sn Good things refers not merely to material blessings, but blessings that come from knowing God.

sn Another fundamental contrast of Luke’s is between the hungry and the rich (Luke 6:20-26).

sn It is selfishness that is rebuked here, in the accumulation of riches for himself. Recall the emphasis on the first person pronouns throughout the parable.