Luke 11:28

And he said, But yea, blessed be they, [or And he said, Rather, blessed be they], that hear the word of God, and keep it, (or who hear the word of God, and obey it, or do it).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 was done, when he had said these things, a woman of the company raised [up] her voice, and said to him, Blessed be the womb that bare thee, and blessed be the teats that thou hast sucked (or and blessed be the breasts that thou hast suckled).

29And when the people ran together, he began to say, This generation is a wayward generation; it seeketh a token (or a sign), and a token shall not be given to it, [no] but the token of Jonas the prophet (or except the sign of the prophet Jonah).

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Cross References

Psalms 112:1Alleluia. Blessed is the man that dreadeth the Lord; he shall delight full much in his commandments. ( Alleluia. Happy is the person who feareth the Lord or Happy is the person who hath reverence for the Lord; he shall take great delight, or joy, in his commandments.)

Psalms 128:1The song of degrees. Blessed be all men, that dread the Lord; that go in his ways. ( A song for steps of ascending. Happy be all those, who fear the Lord or who revere the Lord; and who go in his ways.)

Matthew 7:21Not every man that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heavens; but he that doeth the will of my Father that is in heavens, he shall enter into the kingdom of heavens.

Luke 6:47Each that cometh to me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I shall show to you, to whom he is like.

John 13:17If ye know these things, ye shall be blessed, if ye do them.

1 John 3:21Most dear brethren, if our heart reproveth not us, we have trust to God; (Most dear brothers, if our conscience rebuketh us not, then we have God’s trust;)

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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