Luke 11:28

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

Luke 11:28 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
28 But he said,Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
English Standard Version (ESV)
28 But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"
New Living Translation (NLT)
28 Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.”
The Message Bible (MSG)
28 Jesus commented, "Even more blessed are those who hear God's Word and guard it with their lives!"
American Standard Version (ASV)
28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
28 Jesus replied, "Rather, how blessed are those who hear and obey God's word."
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
28 He said, "Even more, those who hear the word of God and keep it are blessed!"
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
28 He replied, "Instead, blessed are those who hear God's word and obey it."

Luke 11:28 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 11:28

But he said
Christ said "to the woman", Persic version reads, as correcting her, though not denying it, nor reproving her for it, but improving upon it:

yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep
it;
intimating, that though his mother was happy in bearing and suckling such a son, yet it was a far greater happiness to hear the word of God; meaning either himself, the eternal "Logos", so as to embrace him, believe on him, and have him formed in the heart; or the Gospel preached by him, so as to understand it, receive it as the ingrafted word, and bring forth fruit, and act in obedience to it, observe it, and abide by it, and never relinquish it. This is a greater happiness than to be related to Christ in the flesh, though ever so nearly. The Ethiopic version reads, "that hear the word of God, and believe, and keep it": for faith comes by hearing, and shows itself in doing. Barely to hear the word, and even give an assent to it, will be of little avail, unless what is heard and believed is put in practice.

Luke 11:28 In-Context

26 Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.”
27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”
28 He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
29 As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Hebrews 4:12
  • 2. Proverbs 8:32; Luke 6:47; Luke 8:21; John 14:21
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