Luke 11:28

And he said: Yes, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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, that, when he said these things, a certain woman from among the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him: Blessed is the womb that bore thee, and the breasts that thou didst suck.

29And when the multitudes were crowded together, he began to say: This is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, and no sign shall be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:21Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Luke 6:47Every one that comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like.

John 13:17If you know these things, blessed are you, if you do them.

1 John 3:21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, 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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