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


In Context

25 When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

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 man 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 miraculous 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.

Luke 11:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:28But he said, Yea rather, blessed [are] they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:28But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:28But he said, Yes, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:28But he said, |On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:28And he said, 'Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping it!'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:28But he said, Yes rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.