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Luke 11:27–28

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27As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”u

28He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of Godv and obey it.”w

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

Cross references

  1. uLk 23:29
  2. vSee Heb 4:12
  3. wPr 8:32; Lk 6:47; 8:21; Jn 14:21

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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!”

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.