Luke 11:28
But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 112:1Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in his commandments.
Psalms 128:1Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.
Matthew 7:21Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 6:47Every one that cometh to me, and heareth my words, and doth them, I will shew you to whom he is like.
John 13:17If you know these things, you shall be blessed if you do them.
1 John 3:21Dearly beloved, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have confidence towards 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 →