Blessings and Woes

These are the blessings (the things that make people happy.

Blessed (happy) are you who are poor

Blessed (happy) are you who are now hungry

Blessed (happy) are you who are now weeping

Blessed (happy) are you when people hate you

These are the woes (the things that make people unhappy).

woe to (sad are) you who are rich

woe to (sad are) you who are filled now

Woe to (sad are) you who laugh now

Woe to (sad are) you when all speak well of you

On the next slides, identify what society would say makes people happy (blessed).

Put the list in the order of things that you find in Luke.

Note: these are the opposite of what Jesus says makes people happy.

On the next slides, identify what society would say makes people sad (woes).

Put the list in the order of things that you find in Luke.

Note: these are the opposite of what Jesus says makes people sad.