Luke 11:28

But he said, Blessed rather, are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

In Context

27And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman, having lifted up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the belly that bore thee, and the breasts that thou suckled.

29And when the multitudes gathered together he began to say, This generation is evil. They seek a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah, the prophet.

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Cross References

Psalms 112:1Praise ye LORD. Blessed is the man who fears LORD, who delights greatly in his commandments.

Psalms 128:1Blessed [are] all who fear LORD, who walk in his ways.

Matthew 7:21Not every man who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of my Father in the heavens.

Luke 6:47Every man who comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like.

John 13:17If ye have seen these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.

1 John 3:21Beloved, if our heart should not condemn us, we have confidence toward God,

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:28-29

Praise and a Blessing. 27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. We had not this passage in the other evangelists, nor can we tack it, as Dr. Hammond does, to that of Christ's mother and brethren desiring to speak with him (for this evangelist also has related that in ch. viii. 19… Read the whole commentary →

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