Luke 11:28

But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” 1 Seeking a Sign

English Majority Text (NT)

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 happened, while He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb which bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!”

29Now as the crowds gathered even more, He began to say, “This generation is evil. It seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:21“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.

Luke 6:47Everyone who 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 Jesus Identifies His Betrayer

1 John 3:21Beloved, if our heart does 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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