Luke 1:53
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
Cross-reference
In Luke 16:19-25, the reversal is explicit: the rich man suffers in torment while hungry Lazarus is comforted—fulfilling the song’s reversal.
In Luke 6:24, Jesus pronounces woe on the rich—they have received their consolation, directly echoing the rich being sent away empty.
Luke 6:21 promises the hungry will be satisfied—a beatitude that parallels Mary's filling of the hungry.
In Luke 12:16-21, the rich fool’s sudden loss illustrates how the rich are sent away empty—his wealth vanishes in a night.
In Luke 18:24, Jesus warns how hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom—this parallels the rich being sent away empty from God’s blessing.
In Luke 18:25, the impossibility of a camel through a needle reinforces the reversal—the rich cannot enter, just as they are sent away empty.
John 6:35 identifies Jesus as the bread of life who satisfies spiritual hunger, fulfilling Mary's theme of divine filling.
Psalm 146:7 declares that God gives food to the hungry, reinforcing Mary's theme of divine provision for the needy.
John 6:11-13 shows Jesus physically feeding and filling the hungry crowd, a concrete demonstration of Mary's praise.
Psalm 107:9 directly states that God satisfies the hungry soul with good things — a nearly identical promise to Mary's praise.
In James 5:1-6, the rich are condemned for hoarding and oppressing—their riches rot, illustrating them being sent away empty.
Psalm 34:10 assures that those who seek the Lord lack no good thing, echoing Mary's theme of God filling the hungry.
In Revelation 3:17, the self-proclaimed rich are actually wretched and poor—reinforcing that outward wealth hides spiritual emptiness.
Revelation 7:16-17 promises that the Lamb will end all hunger, echoing Mary's song as the beginning of this final reversal.
1 Samuel 2:7 (Hannah's prayer) says God makes poor and rich, brings low and exalts—a direct OT parallel to Mary's reversal.
Psalm 113:7 similarly celebrates God lifting the poor from the dust — Mary's song echoes this divine reversal for the hungry.
In Psalm 107:36, God brings the hungry to a settled land—a direct historical instance of him filling the hungry with good things.
Jeremiah 31:25 directly promises to satisfy the weary soul – a strong parallel to filling the hungry with good things.
Ezekiel 17:24 depicts God exalting the low tree and humbling the high – the same reversal as feeding the hungry and sending the rich empty.
In Psalm 37:25, the righteous never beg bread—a concrete promise that God provides for his own, aligning with filling the hungry.
In Revelation 7:17, the Lamb leads the hungry to living water and wipes tears—this is the eschatological fulfillment of the hungry being filled with good things.
Matthew 5:6 promises satisfaction to those who hunger for righteousness, spiritualizing the physical reversal Mary celebrates.
James 2:5 affirms God's choice of the poor to be rich in faith, paralleling Mary's reversal of the hungry being filled.
In Psalm 18:27, God saves the humble and brings down the haughty—directly mirroring the rich being sent away empty.
In Revelation 3:18, the remedy for spiritual poverty is buying true riches from Christ—contrasting the empty state of the rich.
Psalm 132:15 promises God will satisfy the poor with bread, reinforcing the theme of filling the hungry.
In 1 Corinthians 1:26, Paul notes God calls the lowly and not the powerful—consistent with Mary’s song of filling the hungry and emptying the rich.
In 1 Corinthians 4:8, Paul’s sarcasm about the Corinthians being rich already parallels the rich sent away empty—a warning of false satisfaction.
In Psalm 9:18, the needy will not be forgotten forever—echoing the assurance that the hungry are filled by God.
In Job 5:11, God sets the lowly on high and lifts mourners—a parallel promise of reversal for the humble.
Psalm 145:19 says God fulfills the desire of those who fear Him – a broader parallel to satisfying the hungry.
In Psalm 68:10, God provides for the poor from his bounty—a general example of God filling the needy.