Luke 11:28

but He replied, Yea rather happy are they, that hear the word of God and keep it.

1770 John Worsley NT

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 was speaking these things, a certain woman lifted up her voice from amidst the croud, and said, Happy is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck!

29And when the multitudes were gathering thick together He began to say, This is a wicked generation: they demand a sign, but no sign shall be given them, except that of the prophet Jonah:

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Cross References

Matthew 7:21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doth the will of my Father, who is in heaven:

Luke 6:47Whosoever cometh unto me, and heareth my instructions, and observeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:

John 13:17If ye know these things, happy are ye, if ye do them.

1 John 3:21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we 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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