Luke 11:28

But Jesus replied, “Rather, happy are those who listen to God’s message and keep 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

27As Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd, raising her voice, exclaimed, “Happy was the mother who bore you and nursed you!”

29As the crowds increased, Jesus began to speak, “This generation is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

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Cross References

Psalms 112:1Hallelujah. Happy are those who revere the Lord, and greatly delight in his commandments.

Psalms 128:1Happy all who revere the Lord, who walk in his ways.

Matthew 7:21Not everyone who says to me ‘Master! Master!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Luke 6:47Everyone who comes to me and listens to my teaching and acts on it – I will show you to whom they may be compared.

John 13:17Now that you know these things, happy are you if you do them.

1 John 3:21Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, then we approach God with confidence,

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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