Luke 11:28

"No, rather," he answered, "blessed are those who listen to the word of God, and keep it."

Montgomery 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

27It happened while he was saying this, that a certain woman out of the crowd shouted to him, saying, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breast that you have sucked."

29When the crowd were beginning to throng about him he proceeded to say. "This is an evil generation! It seeks a sign, and there shall be no sign be given to it except the sign of Jonah;

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Cross References

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

Luke 6:47"I will show whom the man that comes to me, and listens to my works, and does them, is like.

John 13:17If you know these things, happy 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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