Luke 11:28

But he sayde: Ye happy are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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 fortuned as he spake those thinges a certayne woman of the copany lyfte vp her voyce and sayde vnto him: Happy is the wombe that bare the and the pappes which gave the sucke.

29When the people were gadered thicke to geder: he began to saye. This is an evyll nacion: they seke a signe and ther shall no signe be geven them but the signe of Ionas the Prophet.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:21Not all they that saye vnto me Master Master shall enter in to the kyngdome of heven: but he that dothe my fathers will which ys in heven.

Luke 6:47whosoever cometh to me and heareth my sayinges and dothe the same I will shewe you to whome he ys lyke.

John 13:17If ye vnderstonde these thinges happy are ye yf ye do them.

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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