Luke 6:21

“Blessed are ye that hunger now, etc.] Not only suffer hunger and thirst in a literal sense, in this present life, but who have hunger and thirst in a spiritual sense, after righteousness and eternal life, as in (<400506>Matthew 5:6) where it is also said as here: for ye shall be filled: with righteousness and life; (see Gill on “<400506>Matthew 5:6”). blessed are ye that weep now; under afflictions and pressures of life, and mourn for sin, their own, and others: for ye shall laugh; be filled with spiritual joy and pleasure, and be comforted with the consolations of the Spirit; (see Gill on “<400504>Matthew 5:4”).”

“laugh--How charming is the liveliness of this word, to express what in Matthew is called being "comforted!"”

“See this passage fully illustrated in the sermon on the mount, in Matt. 5–7. Luke 6:21 That hunger now - Matthew has it, “that hunger and thirst after righteousness.” Matthew has expressed more fully what Luke has briefly, but there is no contradiction. Luke 6:24-26 These verses have been omitted by Matthew. They seem to have been spoken to the Pharisees. 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. They were proud, and would not seek it; satisfied, and did not desire it; filled with cares, and had no time or disposition to attend to…”

“ye that hunger: Luk 6:25, Luk 1:53; Psa 42:1, Psa 42:2, Psa 143:6; Isa 55:1, Isa 55:2; Co1 4:11; Co2 11:27, Co2 12:10 for ye shall be: Psa 17:15, Psa 63:1-5, Psa 65:4, Psa 107:9; Isa 25:6, Isa 44:3, Isa 44:4, Isa 49:9, Isa 49:10, Isa 65:13, Isa 66:10; Jer 31:14, Jer 31:25; Mat 5:6; Joh 4:10, Joh 6:35, Joh 7:37, Joh 7:38; Rev 7:16 ye that weep: Luk 6:25; Psa 6:6-8, Psa 42:3, Psa 119:136, Psa 126:5, Psa 126:6; Ecc 7:2, Ecc 7:3; Isa 30:19, Isa 57:17; Isa 57:18, Isa 61:1-3; Jer 9:1, Jer 13:17, Jer 31:9, Jer 31:13, Jer 31:18-20; Eze 7:16, Eze 9:4; Mat 5:4; Joh 11:35, Joh 16:20, Joh 16:21; Rom 9:1-3; Co2 1:4-6, Co2 6:10, Co2 7:10, Co2 7:11; Jam 1:2-4, Jam 1:12; Pe1 1:6-8; Rev 21:3 ye shall laugh:…”