Luke 6:26

6:26 “Woe to you ¹  when all people ²  speak well of you, for their ancestors ³  did the same things to the false prophets.

Luke 11:52

11:52 Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away ⁴  the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered ⁵  those who were going in.”

Luke 17:1

Sin, Forgiveness, Faith, and Service

17:1 Jesus ⁶  said to his disciples, “Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe ⁷  to the one through whom they come!

Luke 21:23

21:23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress ⁸  on the earth and wrath against this people.

Luke 22:22

22:22 For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined, ⁹  but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!”

¹ tc The wording “to you” (ὑμῖν, Jumin) is lacking throughout the ms tradition except for a few witnesses (D W* Δ 1424 pc co). The Western witnesses tend to add freely to the text. Supported by the vast majority of witnesses and the likelihood that “to you” is a clarifying addition, the shorter reading should be considered original; nevertheless, “to you” is included in the translation because of English requirements.

² tn This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), referring to both males and females.

³ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

⁴ sn You have taken away the key to knowledge is another stinging rebuke. They had done the opposite of what they were trying to do.

⁵ tn Or “you tried to prevent.”

⁷ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁸ sn See Luke 6:24-26.

¹⁰ sn Great distress means that this is a period of great judgment.

¹³ sn Jesus’ death has been determined as a part of God’s plan (Acts 2:22-24).