Luke 11:28

But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

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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 then, as He was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you sucked!”

29Now as the crowds were increasing, He began to say: “This is a malignant generation. It keeps wanting a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will go into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

Luke 6:47Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them—I will show you who he is like:

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

1 John 3:21Dear ones, 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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