The Beatitudes In The Gospel Of Luke

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This paper will argue the positive and negative points of “The Beatitudes” in the gospel of Luke. Many readers find “The Beatitudes” very controversial do to the contradicting ideas that follow each line. A lot of readers use The Beatitudes as a guide to live a good life. While others think of the verse as having readers rely on others to improve upon their own weaknesses. The verse shows one how to be happy with what you have, how to treat someone else, give to others and how to help others when in need. While the rest would argue that the verse states when you have nothing you should be happy with that, get disrespected and react kindly, give your last to others in need instead of focusing on your own needs, and help others before you help …show more content…

In the first scripture of The Beatitudes it states “Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep. Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for in the same way their fathers Ferreira 2 used to treat the false prophets.” This particular verse is saying that while at the moment your well fed, happy, and everyone speaks highly of you at some point you will be hungry, you will mourn, and you will get spoke about badly. This passage signifies that one should be content with what they have in the very present, for it will be gone at some point. Another point the passage that is significant is that while some are blessed with certain things at the moment and others are not, those who do not have the blessing others have will eventually have their happiness, and wealth. Everyone has different times of need and different times of satisfaction. The contradicting side of this verse is one thinking that because a person is happy that it will just go away all do to it being stated like one cannot always be happy. Or that laughter will soon turn into weeping and the same idea to go with getting spoken highly of, everything good will soon be nonexistent in ones life all because they once had

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