Luke 11:28

"Nay rather," He replied, "they are blessed who hear God's Message and carefully keep it."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 He thus spoke a woman in the crowd called out in a loud voice, "Blessed is the mother who carried you, and the breasts that you have sucked."

29Now when the crowds came thronging upon Him, He proceeded to say, "The present generation is a wicked generation: it requires some sign, but no sign shall be given to it except that of Jonah.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:21"Not every one who says to me, `Master, Master,' will enter the Kingdom of the Heavens, but only those who are obedient to my Father who is in Heaven.

Luke 6:47Every one who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them in practice, I will show you whom he is like.

John 13:17If you know all this, blessed are you if you act accordingly.

1 John 3:21Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have perfect confidence towards 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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