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Luke 11:27–28

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The Sign of Jonah—Matthew 12:38–42

27While Jesus was speaking, a woman in the crowd shouted, “How blessed is the mother who gave birth to you and the breasts that nursed you.” 

28Jesus replied, “Rather, how blessed are those who hear and obey God’s word.” 

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Luke 11:28: But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”

He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

As he was saying these things, a woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the one who nursed you!”

He said, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.”

NLTNew Living Translation

As he was speaking, a woman in the crowd called out, “God bless your mother—the womb from which you came, and the breasts that nursed you!”

Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now it happened that as he said these things, a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and follow it!”

KJV 1900King James Version

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. But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.