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23 You can be happy then and jump for joy, because you have a great reward in heaven. The ancestors of those people did the same things to the prophets.

24 “But how bad it will be for you rich people,
    because you had your easy life.
25 How bad it will be for you people who are full now,
    because you will be hungry.
How bad it will be for you people who are laughing now,
    because you will be sad and cry.

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23 “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy,(A) because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.(B)

24 “But woe to you who are rich,(C)
    for you have already received your comfort.(D)
25 Woe to you who are well fed now,
    for you will go hungry.(E)
Woe to you who laugh now,
    for you will mourn and weep.(F)

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