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He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.
Luke 1:53 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
  • BSB He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
  • ESV he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.
  • NKJV He has filled the hungry with good things, And the rich He has sent away empty.
  • NASB “He has filled the hungry with good things, And sent the rich away empty-handed.
  • NLT He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away with empty hands.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 20

  • Ps 107:8–9Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
  • Luke 6:21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
  • Ps 34:10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
  • Luke 6:24“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.
  • Matt 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
  • Rev 7:16–17They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat;
  • 1 Cor 1:26For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;
  • John 6:35Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
  • Jas 2:5–6Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
  • Luke 18:24–25Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!
  • Jas 5:1–6Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
  • John 6:11–13Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; likewise also of the fish as much as they desired.
  • Rev 3:17–18Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
  • Ezek 34:29I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with famine in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more.
  • Ps 146:7who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.
  • Luke 16:19–25“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
  • 1 Cor 4:8You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you.
  • 1 Sam 2:5Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread. Those who were hungry are satisfied. Yes, the barren has borne seven. She who has many children languishes.
  • Luke 18:11–14The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
  • Luke 12:16–21He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.

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Christ at the center

Luke shows Jesus the Savior for all — outsiders, the poor, the nations — the one who, on the Emmaus road, opened all the Scriptures to show they were about himself.

How Luke 1:53 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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