“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.
Observe here, 1. That though St. Luke omits divers of the beatitudes mentioned by St. Matthew, chap. 5, yet he recites the woes which St. Matthew omitted. If we will understand our Saviour's doctrine fully, we must consult all the evangelists thoroughly. Observe, 2.
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. (f) That is, you reap now of your riches all the convenience and blessing you are ever likely to have, and therefore you have no other reward to look for; .
Verses 24-26. These verses have been omitted by Matthew. They seem to have been spoken to the Pharisees. Verse 24. Who are rich. In this world's goods. They loved them; they had sought for them; they found their consolation in them. It implies, farther, that they would not seek or receive consolation from the gospel.